Amid the massive agitation of packaged foods after a series events which are have been occurring and discovered after Maggi row another incident has added fuel to the outrage of the consumers across the nation. Nestle Maggi ban for time being has made the consumers across the nation to be cautious against the packaged food and to be  aware of the ingredients and many other factors of the packaged foods and eatables. Before drawing a blank over the live worms being found in the Nestle Cerelac a week  ago another similar incident seems to have occurred.

Packaged Papad Has Live Worms in it, Perhaps to for Better Taste (Sic.)

Coimbatore city has been again rocking with another unfortunate incident making all the consumers and shoppers across the nation cautious about the live packaged food eatables. Unfortunately, live worms have been found in a packet of papad (appalam). The alleged live worms containing packet was bought from a shop at Valiyapalayam in the city on Monday evening as per the reports of the buyer. The buyer Anantha Raj P is a resident of Coimbatore went to a shop at Valiyapalayam in the city on Monday evening to buy some papadums (appalam) for the dinner while he was astonished to see live worms in the packaged papad packet after returning to home.

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Outrageous Anantha Raj claimed that he had filed a complaint with the Food Safety officials while to the contrary Mr. R Kathiravan, Food Safety Wing Designated Officer  (Coimbatore) said he had not received any complaint in this regard. On being asked about finding out live worms in the papad packet, Aantha Raj said, “I am basically from the Nilgiris, but stay at Valiyapalayam as I work as a distributor of food products in Coimbatore. I bought two papad packets at around 6:45 pm on Monday from a shop near my room.” He further added that “When I opened a packet, live worms were found in it. I spoke to the representative of Dots, the company that manufacturers it. They assured me that they would replace it. Nevertheless, I filed a complaint with the Food Safety officials.”

Anantha Raj has conveyed that he is waiting for the results as he had sent samples of the papad to a private laboratory for tests to file a complaint with the consumer court. Alleged Papadums company, Dots Papad Makers company denied the charge of possessing the packaged packet with live worms in it. Marketing Manager of Dots Papad Makers Sampath Kumar said that he worms were spotted only after the packets were opened and kept in a damp environment for days denying the charges against their  company. He said “Only one of the two packets has a problem. The buyer is not showing us the sample and we cannot comment on it unless he provides solid proof.”

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The buyer is not showing us the sample and we cannot comment on it unless he provides solid proof.” Although occurrence of a similar incident immediately after a week of discovering live worms in trusted and most relied infant baby feed of the India Nestle India in Coimbatore has left the people across the nation in an ambiguous situation. People and consumers across the nation are wisely choosing the products and packaged eatables. Stay tuned with us for more trending stories and incidents occurring across World by bookmarking us pressing Ctrl+D for easy navigation.