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Nestle India is heading for legal trouble over safety standards of its famous Maggi noodles. Here are 5 top points about controversy:
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1. Nestle India's popular Maggi noodles samples taken for testing were found to have had monosodium glutamate and lead in excess of prescribed limit. Officials had collected the samples from the Easy Day store in Barabanki and sent the consignment for testing, which showed that the quantum of lead present was 17 times more than the stipulated limit, which is considered hazardous.
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2. Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has given its go-ahead to file a case against the Nestle India and 5 others in a local court in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
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3. While the permission letter was received Friday, the case can be filed today, or early next week.
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4. The case will be lodged against the company's Nestle Nagal Kalan Industrial Area unit (Haroli, Una in HP), Nestle India Limited, and an Easy Day outlet.
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5. The Union Consumer Affairs Ministry has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to look into the matter while Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that a class action suit can also be initiated in the matter if a complaint is lodged in this regard with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). There were no comments from the company.
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