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Live worms were found in a packet of Nestle Cerelac baby food bought by an IT professional in Coimbatore for his one-year-old son.
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Live worms were found in a packet of Nestle Cerelac baby food bought by an IT professional in Coimbatore for his one-year-old son.
S Sriram, an IT professional, bought a packet of Nestle Cerelac from a medical shop at Perur here on Sunday. His wife opened the packet on Monday afternoon and found several red worms in the wheat and milk powder.
"We checked again and found that the product expires only in February 2016," said Sriram.
He filed a complaint with the food safety department on Tuesday morning, and the milk powder was sent to the government food laboratory for testing.
Officials said the worms might have multiplied after packaging. "The worms look like weevils, which commonly infest wheat," said a food safety officer.
"These worms have a way of penetrating into the wheat grain and laying an egg inside it and leaving. When the wheat is crushed, the eggs hatch," he said.
It may be recalled that live larvae and worms were found in a packet of Nestle NanPro 3 milk powder in Coimbatore a couple of weeks ago.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Liv...y-food-in-Coimbatore/articleshow/47689027.cms
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Live worms were found in a packet of Nestle Cerelac baby food bought by an IT professional in Coimbatore for his one-year-old son.
S Sriram, an IT professional, bought a packet of Nestle Cerelac from a medical shop at Perur here on Sunday. His wife opened the packet on Monday afternoon and found several red worms in the wheat and milk powder.
"We checked again and found that the product expires only in February 2016," said Sriram.
He filed a complaint with the food safety department on Tuesday morning, and the milk powder was sent to the government food laboratory for testing.
Officials said the worms might have multiplied after packaging. "The worms look like weevils, which commonly infest wheat," said a food safety officer.
"These worms have a way of penetrating into the wheat grain and laying an egg inside it and leaving. When the wheat is crushed, the eggs hatch," he said.
It may be recalled that live larvae and worms were found in a packet of Nestle NanPro 3 milk powder in Coimbatore a couple of weeks ago.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Liv...y-food-in-Coimbatore/articleshow/47689027.cms
