India food safety crackdown targets company of Nepal's 'Noodle King'
India on Friday ordered a Nepali billionaire's company popular for its Wai Wai noodles to discontinue some products after an investigation found its factory used unhygienic "floor-collected, broken noodles" in making its Indian snacks. The crackdown is part of an unprecedented food safety drive in India, where federal and state officials are taking strict action against big and small eateries and…
On Friday, India's government ordered a Nepali billionaire's company, known as the "Noodle King," to stop producing certain products after an investigation revealed unhygienic practices at their factory. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) found the company, CG Foods India, in Rajasthan state, reprocessing floor-collected broken noodles into their Bhujia snack without proper heat treatment.
This incident is part of a broader crackdown on food safety issues across the country, targeting both large and small brands like Domino's, Pizza Hut, and Diageo for potential lapses in hygiene, labeling, and other safety regulations.
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