Nepal, April 23 -- After Hong Kong and Singapore banned the sale of Indian spice brands MDH and Everest Masala, Nepal's food regulatory body, the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control, has said it will test samples of the said products.

The two islands banned the sale of the products this month after allegedly detecting the carcinogenic pesticide ethylene oxide beyond permissible levels in the spice mixes.

"We will test [the products] to determine the level of pesticides they contain," said Dr Matina Joshi Vaidhya, director general at the department. "Necessary action will be taken if the said products exceed acceptable pesticide limits."

The food regulatory agency of Hong Kong had allegedly found that three MDH products-Ma...