Govt files complaint against Nestle India, seeks damages worth Rs 640 crore

Nestle is in the process of challenging the ban on Maggi noodles in the Bombay High Court.

“We are awaiting the High court verdict on the case”.

Maggi has been tested in various national as well as global laboratories, with varied results regarding the amount of lead and mono sodium glutamate (MSG) in the products.

From the information of the sources, “The file on the Maggi issue has been cleared by the Minister”.

The Department of Consumer Affairs has filed a class-action suit on behalf of a “large number of consumers” for the sale of “defective goods” and a product without the regulator’s approval, the government said in a statement.

The Uttar Pradesh Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized 20,000 kgs of the two minute noodles from a Nestle warehouse in Lucknow.

Describing the alleged lapses related to food safety standards in Maggi noodles as a “serious issue”, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan had earlier said that NCDRC will investigate the matter and take appropriate action.

In June, food security regulator FSSAI had barred Maggi noodles in the united states, terming it as ” risky and unsafe ” for usage because of existence of guide beyond permissible limitations. Thusly, a couple states chose to boycott the noodles. To date, Nestlé India has tested more than 2,700 product samples of MAGGI Noodles, including 1,100 samples at independent accredited labs in India and overseas.

A Nestle spokesman in New Delhi told the Reuters news agency that the company would only be able to “provide substantive response” after it receives an official notice about the complaint filed to the NCDRC.

Singapore and Nepal have ordered local importers to temporarily suspend of the sale of Nestle’s Maggi noodles imported from India. The central or state governments can also become the complainants.