The Assam government would take a decision on imposing a ban on Maggi noodles and other similar products immediately after receiving reports from the state public health laboratory, chief minister Tarun Gogoi said on Wednesday. An official press release from the chief minister’s office said Gogoi had already called for a report on the alleged hazardous content of Maggi noodles from the state health department. “The government will take a decision on banning Maggi noodles once the laboratory reports are available,” chief minister said in the press release. State health commissioner Sanjeeva Kumar had on Tuesday told The Indian Express that the health department had already collected and sent 35 samples of Maggi and other noodles to the public health laboratory. Meanwhile, Arunachal Pradesh state health secretary Indra Mallo said samples of Maggi noodles collected from different districts of the hill state have been sent to the Assam public health laboratory in Guwahati. “We will take a decision as soon as we get the laboratory analysis report of the samples that is expected after four days,” she said.
