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SC asks Nestle India: Why should kids have Maggi with lead?

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jan 04, 2019, at 10:58 pm

#MaggiControversy #SupremeCourt

New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday brought up Centre's Rs 640-crore class action suit against Nestle India and asked: "Why should children have Maggi noodles with lead?"

The case was in a dormant state for three years.

Earlier, it was alleged that Nestle India's popular noodle Maggi has monosodium glutamate (MSG) and excess lead.

Justice Chandrachud said: “Why should Maggi noodles have lead at all? I would be averse to eat Maggi with lead in it."

Maggi controversy:

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had banned the sale of Maggi in June 2015 alleging it contained monosodium glutamate (MSG) and excess lead.

Reeling from the ban on Maggi noodles over health concerns by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), multinational food giant Nestle had then decided to fight back legally as it earlier moved the Bombay High Court challenging the Indian food safety regulators.

The manufacturers had then took off Maggi noodles from the shelves following ban in five states.

Nestle's global CEO Paul Bulcke earlier claimed that the snack, a popular brand across the country was safe for consumption and it will be back again.

Indian food labs where the samples were tested, however, said they stand by their tests.

Several states including Delhi, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, J&K, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Telangana had banned Maggi temporarily.

In April, 2016, the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, had submitted an analysis report on MAGGI Noodles to the Supreme Court, declaring them safe and consumable.

The institute tested 29 samples before coming up with the conclusion.

The report said: "MAGGI Noodles are safe and lead is much below the permissible limits."

"We do not add MSG as an additive in MAGGI Noodles. The presence of glutamic acid comes from ingredients used in the MAGGI Noodles," Nestle India claimed.

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