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Nestle takes Maggi off India
Nestlé India on Friday decided to take Maggi off the shelves after a controversy erupted over its contents, even as the central food safety regulator FSSAI has ordered recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from the market, terming them \"unsafe and hazardous\" for human consumption.
New Delhi: Nestlé India on Friday decided to take Maggi off the shelves after a controversy erupted over its contents, even as the central food safety regulator FSSAI has ordered recall of all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles from the market, terming them "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
However, Nestle, while asserting that the product was "completely safe", has said, "Unfortunately, recent developments and unfounded concerns about the product have led to an environment of confusion for the consumer, to such an extent that we have decided to withdraw the product off the shelves..."
"We promise that the trusted MAGGI Noodles will be back in the market as soon as the current situation is clarified," it added. After Delhi, four more states -- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand-- today banned the sale of Maggi noodles after concerns were raised over presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead beyond permissible levels in the product.
The Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand governments banned the sale of Nestle's instant noodles for three months while in Gujarat the ban will be effective for one month after some samples of the food had failed lab tests, officials said in Chennai, Dehradun and Gandhinagar. In Jammu and Kashmir, the state government banned the sale for one month till the receipt of reports over the fitness of the fast food for human consumption.
The four states also ordered the noodle manufacturers Nestle India to immediately withdraw the stocks. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said Nestle launched 'Maggi Oats Masala Noodles' without approval and ordered its recall, saying the company did not undertake risk and safety assessment for the product. FSSAI also said that Nestle violated labelling regulations on taste enhancer 'MSG' and ordered company to submit compliance report on its orders within three days.
