Over 1,000 army and navy canteens have been asked to set aside existing stocks of the popular snack Maggi noodles until further orders.
The order comes in the wake of a controversy over the alleged presence of lead and taste-enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the noodles beyond permissible limits.
“The advisory is effective till further order,” an Army official said. A Navy official said a verbal advisory has been issued to all commanders and area managers to suspend the sale of Maggi in canteens “as of now”.
Maggi is one of the most consumed food items among the army personnel who number over 13 lakh.
The union government has referred the Maggi issue to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to take appropriate action even as more states lifted samples for laboratory testing.
The country-wide network of 1500 Central Police Canteens (CPCs) catering to central paramilitary personnel have already discontinued Nestle India’s products after detecting alleged irregularities in their packaging.
Officials said Nestle India was “taken off” the empanelled list of brands of these facilities after a CPC canteen in Dehradun detected that the stickers displaying manufacturing dates of a particular children’s supplement were allegedly tampered with.
(With inputs from PTI)
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