Nestle noodle crisis shows long road for India's food safety
Government authorities seen lacking the resources for widespread inspections
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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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