Nestle noodle crisis shows long road for India's food safety
Government authorities seen lacking the resources for widespread inspections
New Delhi
THE man who helped spark one of India's largest food recalls - prompting Nestle SA's top executive to rush to New Delhi last week - says government authorities lack the resources for widespread inspections.
VK Pandey's team in Uttar Pradesh, India's largest state, randomly picked about a dozen packs of Nestle's Maggi instant noodles for a series of tests. The results showed that lead levels breached official limits, triggering a recall across a swathe of India and import bans in Nepal and Singapore.
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