Maggi row: Not trying to thrust bad product on a third world country, says Nestle India to Bombay HC

Nestle India has appealed to the Bombay High Court that the Maggi samples found with excess lead were actually expired ones. The company is not trying to thrust bad product on a third world country, it said.

Nestle says the sample of Maggi tested by Kolkata that tested high amount of lead content was kept open for 3 months. This may have lead to the high amount of lead being shown in the lab results. 

The Bombay High Court was set to hear Nestle India's petition against FSSAI's country-wide ban on Maggi noodles, where Nestle made this statement.

Nestle India had yesterday approached the court against the food safety regulator's ban on its popular instant noodles.

The company had sought a judicial review of the order dated June 5, 2015 passed by the FSSAI and against the order dated June 5, 2015 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had earlier directed Nestle India to withdraw nine variants of Maggi noodles found unsafe from the market and to stop the further production and sale of the same.

The order to Nestle states that the regulatory body has noted three 'major violations', namely the presence of lead detected in the product in excess of the maximum permissible levels; misleading labelling information on the package reading 'No added MSG'; and thirdly the release of a non-standardised food product 'Maggi Oats Masala Noodles with Tastemaker' in the market, without risk assessment and grant of product approval. 

(With Agency Inputs)