Paswan's U-turn on Maggi return
Paswan\'s U-Turn On Maggi Return. Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said he never remarked that Maggi noodles will soon return to retail shelves.
New Delhi: Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said he never remarked that Maggi noodles will soon return to retail shelves. Clarifying media reports in this regard, he said he never mentioned the test reports of the Central Food Technological Research Institute nor about the credibility of the government relating to foreign investment.
"Paswan has clarified that he has been quoted out of context and has been attributed things which he never meant," the food and consumer affairs ministry said in a statement. It said that "a section of press has carried agency based news item quoting the minister that 'CFTRI reports have found Maggie safe. I have a gut feeling it will return to retail shelves soon'."
"He (Paswan) has also been quoted as saying, 'After Maggie ban the perception of people has changed. Foreign investors will also now think twice before investing in India. Our credibility is at stake'," the statement said. The minister only said that once public perception becomes negative about a product, credibility of that product gets affected, it added.
"The PM had said whatever people say, we should maintain decorum on this issue (Maggi). Until we get the fact findings done, there is no need to create unnecessary noise," Paswan said.
Paswan said there is a "media trial" going on in the Maggi row. He also spoke about certain labs finding Maggi samples conforming to food safety standards and later regulator FSSAI rejecting those test reports.
