Now, Nestle baby food faces trouble
Maggi noodles and its variants would be pulled off shelves, the designated officer said
Update: 2015-06-04 05:50 GMT
Coimbatore: After Maggi noodles landed in a soup, it's another Nestle product, the baby food NAN Pro which is facing the heat in Tamil Nadu's commercial capital, Coimbatore. The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department in Coimbatore will file a chargesheet against Nestle as the infant food NAN Pro was found with insect larvae and weevils, said Designated Officer, Dr R Kathiravan.
The chargesheet follows a complaint by by a cab driver, Prem Ananth and his wife on April 14 that small worms were found floating when they mixed the powder with water. Random samples of the baby food have been taken across the city and the results will be out in the next three days.
The couple, who were shocked to spot wriggly worms and weevils in the food, complained about it to Nestle. However, the company representatives, who showed up three days later, insisted that they would test it in their labs, the couple claimed. But Prem Ananth decided to hand it over to the food safety and drug administration department.
After testing the samples, the department declared that the results were “unsafe”. Based on instructions from the commissioner of FSDA Kumar Jayanth, five random samples of Maggi noodles have also been taken from different retailers and have been sent for testing.
If the levels of lead and Mono sodium glutamate is found to be above permissible limits, Maggi noodles and its variants would be pulled off shelves, the designated officer said.