Students, the most loyal patrons of Maggi noodles, will probably be glad that they will finally be able to carry their favourite snack in their tiffin boxes. School managements, who had issued circulars saying that children were not allowed to bring the noodles after the State government imposed a ban on it, have now decided to withdraw them.
D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary, Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka, said that the school managements had no right to restrict its consumption as the State government had lifted the ban and it had cleared tests.
Healthy food
“We want the children to eat healthy food but the parents are the ones who will have to make the choice now and decide what their children should eat,” he said.
Manilal Carvalho, principal, DPS Bangalore East, said that making Maggi noodles would sometimes be helpful for working mothers or when parents were in a hurry.
“We will not encourage kids to bring Maggi noodles. But if a child chooses to bring it occasionally, it should not be a problem as the ban has been lifted,” she said. However,
Priya A., a parent, said, “After all that controversy around Maggi noodles, I feel it is better to avoid its consumption. There are various quick fix dishes that I can cook and I will stick to them and avoid Maggi,” she added.
School managements in the State to allow students to carry Maggi noodles
