Maggi also violated packaging rules: FSSAI

The FSSAI stated that food analysts in these labs found up to 1.75 parts per million (ppm) of MSG and as the Maggi package claims to have ‘no added MSG’, its presence violates a provision of the FSSAI Act.

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“The amount of arsenic used in the production of Maggi is 0.04 per cent as opposed to the 0.01 per cent stated on the package, which is another such violation,” argued FSSAI lawyer Mehmood Pracha.

The maximum permissible limit of MSG in food products like Maggi is 2.5 ppm, Pracha said.

Nestle said in its petition that it “does not add MSG to the instant noodles”.

The company has claimed that it used hydrolysed groundnut protein and a host of other herbs and spices which contain glutamate.

Therefore, if tested, there is detection of glutamate, which naturally occurs in many foods, including Maggi.

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