Maggi to be banned if tests find excessive lead: Tofail
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the sale of Maggi noodles, a popular food item of Swiss giant Nestle, will be banned in Bangladesh if tests find the presence of lead at excessive level in the food item, according to banglanews24.com.
Further tests are required to take the final decision to ban the sale of Maggi noodles in the country, he told reporters at his secretariat office in the capital.
The ministry will take our final step once it receives the reports of required tests from the product quality testing organisations, he said.
He told reporters that the noodles item is currently being tested at Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), and Institute of Nutrition and Food Science of Dhaka University.
If these tests identify overwhelming evidence of the food products being unsafe and hazardous for human consumption, then the sale of Maggi noodles will be banned, he added.
He also said the results of the tests will be made public once his ministry receives those.
Nestle has withdrawn Maggi noodles from sale in India and Singapore due to an environment of confusion for consumers following a food scare sparked by reports of excess lead in some packets of the popular instant snack.
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