After noodles, Nestle's pasta "tested unsafe'' for consumption

Samples of Nestle pasta sent to the National Food Analysis Laboratory, Lucknow, were found unsafe for consumption with high lead content.

Zee Media Bureau

After Maggi noodles, Nestle’s pasta has been found to have lead beyond the permissible limits.

According to a Hindustan Times report, samples of Nestle pasta were sent to the National Food Analysis Laboratory, Lucknow, which failed the test.

According to the report, macroni pasta samples collected from Nestle distributor Sriji Traders in UP on June 10, and were sent to the government laboratory. The report quoting the FDA official at Mau, UP, said that the report after the tests was received on September 2, and the samples carried lead much more that the permissible limit.

The standard limit of lead in food items is 2.5 ppm (parts per million) while it was found to be 6 ppm, said the report. The letter informing the Nestle company sent at its Modinagar address has come back here undelivered, added the report.

The news reports adds that Nestle says the company was not aware of the test.