India food safety crackdown targets company of Nepal's 'Noodle King'
NEW DELHI: 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…
India has ordered a Nepali billionaire's company, renowned for its Wai Wai noodles, to cease production of certain products following a factory investigation that revealed unhygienic practices. This move is part of an extensive food safety crackdown across the country, targeting businesses large and small for lapses in hygiene, labeling, and food safety standards.
The enforcement action was directed at a CG Foods India factory in Rajasthan, owned by Binod Chaudhary, also known as the "Noodle King" for leading CG Corp Global. Authorities focused on two Wai Wai-branded products, bhujia, a popular fried snack, finding that the factory had repurposed floor-collected broken noodles into bhujia without appropriate heat treatment.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) seized 32,000 kg of the product and 1,925 boxes of expired goods, initiating strict legal proceedings against the company. Samples for further testing have also been collected. This is part of a broader crackdown that includes recent raids in Mumbai where fake expiry dates and nutritional information were found on imported food products from brands like PepsiCo and Nestle.
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