Nestle India to bring back Maggi noodles by month end
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New Delhi: Swiss packaged food maker Nestlé SA’s Indian unit, Nestlé India Ltd, on Wednesday said it will bring Maggi noodles back to shop shelves by the end of the month.
Nestle India’s statement came after three laboratories certified by the National Accreditation Board for Test and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) declared the “newly manufactured” Maggi noodles safe for consumption.
“All the samples of Maggi noodles masala have been cleared with lead much below permissible limits,” the company said.
“Now that the orders of the Bombay high court have been complied with, we will make our best endeavour to commence the sale of Maggi noodles masala within this month as well as continue engaging with states where permissions are needed or specific directions may be necessary,” Nestle India said.
The popular instant noodles, which accounted for about 30% of Nestle India’s revenues in 2014, were pulled from the market, starting 5 June, after the country’s food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ordered the company to withdraw all nine variants of the instant noodle brand, calling them unsafe and hazardous for human consumption. It cited excess lead content and traces of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavour enhancer, as reasons.
Nestle India then moved the Bombay high court, which, on 13 August, set aside the ban imposed by FSSAI and asked the company to get its noodles tested by three specified NABL-certified laboratories.
On 17 October, Nestlé India said the three laboratories had cleared the samples of Maggi noodles produced earlier safe for consumption.
According to the court order, Nestle had to also get fresh batches tested and declared safe by the laboratories to commence sales. The company cleared the final hurdle on Wednesday.
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