In India: Food inspectors file case against Nestle over noodles

A spokesman for Nestle India, which has
said it has carried out extensive
independent and internal tests, said the
company has not yet been notified of the
complaint.
Food safety inspectors in the northern
Indian state of Uttar Pradesh said they
had filed a criminal complaint against
Nestle’s local arm after saying they had
found high levels of lead in some packets
of Maggi instant noodles
Nestle India, which disputes the findings,
has said the batch in question was
manufactured in February 2014 so was
already past its sell-by date in April this
year and would have been automatically
collected from retailers by the time the
inspectors announced a recall of the
products.
A spokesman for Nestle India, which has
said it has carried out extensive
independent and internal tests, said the
company has not yet been notified of the
complaint.
The noodles, which sell at roughly a
dozen rupees ($0.20) per single-serving
packet, are a hugely popular snack in
India and Maggi has long been market
leader.
The action was filed at a local court in
the city of Barabanki , about 30 kilometers
east of the capital Lucknow, and a
hearing has been set for July 1, an
official at the local Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) said.
The Uttar Pradesh FDA had ordered a
recall of a 200,000-pack batch of noodles
at the end of April, after a spot check
which it said showed elevated levels of
monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavour
enhancer, and lead 17 times above the
permissible limit.
Nestle India, whose parent is Swiss-
based foods group Nestle SA, said it had
shared with the authorities test results
that conclude its noodles are safe to eat.
“ We regularly monitor all our raw
material for lead, including testing by
accredited laboratories which have
consistently shown levels in Maggi
noodles to be within permissible limits ,”
Nestle said in a statement.
The FDA official confirmed on Monday
that as well as Nestle India the complaint
included the manufacturing unit, the
retailer selling the tainted packs, two
Nestle managers and even Bollywood
stars who promoted the two-minute
snack. ($1 = 63.6000 Indian rupees)
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