North to south: 5 states ban two-minute Maggi noodles in a day Four more states joined Delhi on Thursday to ban Maggi noodles sales and several others sent samples for tests amid mounting food safety fears, deepening a crisis for manufacturer Nestle India whoseshare price continued to tumble.Gujarat and Uttarakhand banned the product for 30 and 90 days, respectively, after samples showed the instant noodles contained dangerously high levels of lead and the chemical flavour enhancer, Monosodium Glutamate (MSG).Assam government too decided to ban the chicken flavoured Maggi for 30 days after finding presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the noodle.Jammu and Kashmir announced a similar 30-day precautionary embargo but is yet toreceive results of a lab test. The Tamil Nadu government banned sale, storage and manufacturing of Maggi and three other brands of noodles for three months.“We can’t let someone to play with the health of the people, therefore the ban,” Uttarakhand health minister Surendra Singh Negi told HT.At least 10 other states have sent samplesof Maggi noodles for tests amid a widespread panic over food safety guidelines, a day after Delhi became the first state in the country to ban the product.A number of prominent retailers including the Future Group, which runs Big Bazaar, Walmart and Metro AG have also pulled the ubiquitous “two-minute” snack from their shelves.The flurry of bans hurt Nestle India with plunging sales of its flagship product sending share prices down by around 4%, following a nearly 10% slump on Wednesday. The company maintains its pd levels a
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