India Business News: NEW DELHI: MDH, a leading spice brand, on Saturday assured consumers that its products are 100 per cent safe and rejected the allegations of the prese.
Earlier this month, Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) said that samples of several kinds of pre-packaged spice-mix products of two Indian brands MDH and Everest were found to contain a pesticide ethylene oxide
Reacting to the entire row, MDH said it has not received any communications from Hong Kong and Singapore food safety regulators. It also refuted the allegations of the presence of ETO (ethylene oxide) in some of its products., India News - Times Now
FSSAI is tasked with enforcement of standards and regulations only in the domestic market. Spice Board of India evaluates spice products prior to exports and is also expected to look into this issue.
Everest, MDH Row: Food safety regulator FSSAI has started taking samples of spices in powder form of all brands from across the country in view of quality concerns flagged by Singapore and Hong Kong.