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Bengal should follow Centre on Maggi issue: Governor
Kolkata, June 6
A day after Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee gave a clean chit to Maggi noodles, West Bengal Governor
K.N. Tripathi on Saturday said the state government should follow the
Centre's directives on the issue.
"It may happen that the samples
from Bengal may not have any shortcomings, but when the Centre has said
something it should be followed," Tripathi told mediapersons here.
Banerjee
on Friday said that her government had no right to act against the
snack as the tests conducted on the noodles did not reveal anything
objectionable.
"The tests were conducted by both central and
state labs and they found nothing objectionable in them. If we had found
anything objectionable, we surely would have taken a stand," Banerjee
said on Friday.
"But so long as we don't find anything objectionable, we don't have any right to act," she added.
"The
Centre has banned it, but it a subject on the concurrent list and I
feel, taking a decision in haste, unless there is something to indict,
is not appropriate. So I feel there is a need for further
investigations," Banerjee said.
The chief minister's comments
came on a day when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI) ordered Nestle to withdraw all nine variants of Maggi noodles
from shops across the country after tests conducted in various states
showed more than the stipulated traces of MSG and lead in the product.
Several
states including Tripura, Gujarat and Maharashtra have banned the snack
while several others have sent its samples for testing.