Nestle is in the process of challenging the ban on Maggi noodles in the Bombay High Court.
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From the information of the sources, “The file on the Maggi issue has been cleared by the Minister”.
Himanshu Manglik, Nestle India’s spokesman, referred to Wednesday’s exchange filing, saying the company had nothing more to add. Nestle said it hadn’t received any official notice about the complaint filed with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
“The advertisements mislead by claiming that the product had taste as well as was healthy for children, ” sources said.
The Department has filed a complaint against Nestle for causing damage to Indian consumers by allegedly involving in unfair trade practices and false labelling related to the Maggi noodles product.
The same day, the Food Safety and Drug Administration of the U.P. government filed a case against the manufacturing company, Nestle India Ltd., and five others, including the Barabanki store from where samples with excess lead were seized.
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Last week, one more sample of the instant noodle had failed laboratory test in the city, according to a senior UP FDA official. Thusly, a couple states chose to boycott the noodles. Food safety regulator FSSAI had also banned Maggi instant noodles on the ground of the brand being “unsafe and hazardous” for human consumption. Nestle was then asked to recall all Maggi packets from shops across the country, even as it insisted its snack is safe. It reads, “in addition to our regular testing of the finished product and raw materials, we have carried out extensive tests of our MAGGI Noodles in India”. FSSAI regularly takes up the issue of enforcement of the provisions of the act with the state authorities through written communications and interaction during the meetings of the Central Advisory Committee (CAC).
