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Maggi passes muster in Maharashtra
Mumbai: In a relief of sorts for beleaguered multinational Nestle, its popular 2-minute noodle brand of Maggi passed laboratory tests in Maharashtra, a top official said here on Friday.
Nine out of 15 samples tested in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratories so far have shown the lead content to be between 0.1-1.4 Parts Per Million (PPM), against the maximum limit of 2.5 PPM, said FDA Commissioner Harshdeep Kamble.
“The lead content we found in these samples are within permissible limits. The results of another six samples are expected by Saturday,” Kamble added.
The samples which tested positive were picked up from Mumbai and Thane (4 each) and one from Sangli.
The test reports of samples from Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur and Aurangabad are still awaited.
On Thursday, retailers in Mumbai had decided to stop stocking and selling Maggi noodles until the test reports confirmed it to be safe for consumption.
Earlier in the day on Friday, Nestle announced withdrawal of the product from the Indian market after several states banned Maggi in the past few days.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.