Nestle noodles set to go back on shelves in India
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FOOD and beverage giant Nestle yesterday said it plans to resume selling its popular Maggi instant noodles in India after new lab tests found that lead levels did not exceed permissible limits.
In June, India’s Health Ministry ordered the removal of the noodles from stores after safety tests by several states found high levels of lead.
Nestle India challenged the accuracy of the tests, and the Bombay High Court ruled in August that it could resume making and selling the noodles in six weeks if new tests showed they were safe.
Nestle said tests of 90 samples, including six varieties, conducted by three labs designated by the court showed that lead levels were acceptable.
It said it would start selling newly produced noodles after they also are cleared.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has yet to comment.
The Mumbai court ruled that the sales ban was improper as Nestle was not given a proper hearing. It also said the labs where the state tests were carried out were not authorized by the federal government.
Those tests also detected the chemical flavor enhancer monosodium glutamate, which is not mentioned in the noodles’ list of ingredients. Nestle said it did not add the flavor enhancer to the noodles.
After the ban was imposed, Nestle said it would destroy 3.2 billion rupees (US$50 million) worth of Maggi noodles.
It said yesterday that it had conducted more than 3,500 tests of its noodles in accredited laboratories and all reports were clear.
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