“We would like to emphasize that … our Indomie instant noodles are safe for consumption,” Taufik Wiraatmadja, a member of the board of directors at Indofoods, said in a statement issued Friday. “All instant noodles produced by in Indonesia are processed in compliance with the food safety standards from the Codex Standard for Instant Noodles and standards set by the Indonesian National Agency for Drug and Food Control .
The news came just days after a Monday announcement from Taipei’s Department of Health that officials had detected ethylene oxide in two types of instant noodles, including the Indomie chicken flavor, following random inspections made in the capital. “The detection of ethylene oxide in the product did not comply with [standards],” it said in a statement. “Businesses have been ordered to immediately remove them from their shelves.