Maggi fiasco returns to haunt Nestle India as SC revives class action suit

The court also upheld Nestle's stand by not allowing any further sampling or testing exercise

More than three years after the Maggi ban, the ghost of the 2015 fiasco seems to be back to haunt Nestlé India, the maker of Maggi noodles.

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a class action suit filed by the Union government against the Swiss food major for allegedly selling noodles that were unfit for consumption. The quality of the widely sold instant noodle is again expected to be under the scanner of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).

On Thursday, while the Supreme Court allowed the class action suit by the NCDRC, it upheld Nestlé’s stand by not