Nestle Maggi Noodles Clears All Lab Tests

Mumbai, Oct 16 On Friday, Nestle India confirmed that the 100% of the Maggi instant noodle’s sample tests that took place in three laboratories have been cleared and human can consume noodles as they are safe now.

Going through these reports, the Indian arm of the Swiss multi-national food giant has plans to allow Nestle for the production of Maggi noodles that were banned in June, 2015 amid concerns over high lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG) content.

Here is a statement by Nestle that it was mandated by the Bombay High Court to test samples of the noodles produced by the company at all the three labs and receive the test results.

“All 90 samples, covering six variants, tested by the three laboratories, are clear, with lead much below the permissible limits,” the Nestle statement added.

The company assured it would continue its collaboration with the Indian food regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), and other stakeholders on the issue.

“In compliance with the Bombay High Court orders, we will now commence manufacture and will begin selling only after the newly manufactured products are also cleared by the three designated laboratories. We are committed to reintroduce our Maggi noodles at the earliest,” Nestle said.

Nestle conducted about 3,500 tests representing 200 million packs in national and international accredited laboratories in the past few months and all reports were clear.

Also, tests that have been conducted in several other countries like the US, Britain, Australia and Singapore also found Maggi noodles manufactured in India are safe to consume for all the humans.

In June, the FSSAI ordered a ban on the company’s noodles as they were found “unsafe and hazardous??? for human consumption in the whole country due to the presence of lead above its permit limits. As a result, the MNC had to withdraw its instant noodles from the Indian market.

The company moved the Bombay High Court against the FSSAI ban.

In August, A division bench comprising Justices V.M. Kanade and B.P. Colabawalla, set aside the June 5 order of the FSSAI and also released an order of Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration banning production and sale of Maggi noodles in India and the state.

The court, however, ordered a completely new test on the samples of the Maggi noodles at three independent labs across India.

Nestle India was commanded to send five samples of each variant to accredited labs in Punjab, Hyderabad and Jaipur and asked the labs to give reports within six weeks.

A class action suit against Nestle India was filed by the consumer affairs ministry to have about Rs.640 crores in damages for alleged unfair trade practices, false labelling and misleading advertisements.

The ministry thrashed a company to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission under the Consumer Protection Act and this was happened for the very first time.