Page 4 - Nestle Maggi Controversy

Maggi samples fail test in Lucknow laboratory: Official

Five more samples of instant snack Maggi have failed tests at a laboratory here as they contained lead content beyond the permissible limit, an official said on Saturday.

Never said Maggi will return to retail shelves soon: Paswan

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said he never remarked that Maggi noodles will soon return to retail shelves. Clarifying media reports in this regard, he said he never mentioned the test reports of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) nor about the credibility of the government relating to foreign investment. "Paswan has clarified that he has been quoted out of context and has been attributed things which he never meant," the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry said in a statement. It said that "a section of press has carried agency based news item quoting the minister that 'CFTRI reports have found Maggie safe. I have a gut feeling it will return to retail shelves soon'." "He (Paswan) has also been quoted as saying, 'After Maggie ban the perception of people has changed. Foreign investors will also now think twice before investing in India. Our credibility is at stake'," the statement said. The minister only said that

No overreach in Maggi row: FSSAI CEO

My biggest worry would be whether a child is consuming excessive lead or not. That's my concern: Yudhvir Malik

Maggi will return to retail shelves soon: Ram Vilas Paswan

Despite the stand taken by the food safety watchdog, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said he was hopeful that Nestle's Maggi will be back on the shelves soon, drawing comfort from favourable test reports for the top instant noodles brand from some accredited laboratories.

Now, food regulator finds gap in Mysuru lab report on Maggi

No clean chit from us, says FSSAI

FSSAI trashes all-clear reports to Maggi from Goa, Mysore labs

Food safety watchdog FSSAI today said it has not given any clean chit to Nestle's banned Maggi noodles as it rubbished all-clear reports from two of its own empanelled labs, saying there were lapses in the tests. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, in a rare press statement, rejected findings of the Food & Drugs Laboratory of Goa as well as CFTRI, Mysore over test discrepancies. It also cast doubts over clean chits to Maggi noodles by UK and Singapore labs saying the Swiss food giant has not shared details of foreign test reports. Rubbishing tests done by the Goa lab, the food regulator said food analysts at the lab had "wrongly taken the permissible limit of Lead as 10 parts per million as against the actual maximum permissible level of 2.5 ppm". On the report of the CFTRI on the same sample, FSSAI said the Mysore lab had not tested the noodles for the banned MSG. "It is clarified in the first instance that FSSAI has not given any clean chit ...

Gujarat extends ban on Maggi noodles by a month

Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority has extended the ban on Maggi noodles for third time in a row for a month as its manufacturer Nestle did not furnish any safety data for the product. "We have extended ban (on Maggi) for one more month as the company (Nestle) has not furnished any safety data for that product (Maggi), as per the Food Safety Standard Act and the rules regulations thereunder," Gujarat Food and Drug Control Authority Commissioner H G Koshia told PTI, when asked about extension of ban on Maggi noodles. "Once the report was given that the product (Maggi) was unsafe, we served notice to the company (Nestle) seeking their report on products as we found 28 samples unsafe in Gujarat," Koshia said. "Till date the company (Nestle) is only furnishing their day-to-day recall saying by now they have recalled 471 tonnes of Maggi from Gujarat," he said. "But that is not full compliance, they must establish safety of the product and they have failed to do so, that is why we .

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Bihar bans 11 noodle brands; ITC, HUL and Glaxo among them

After Maggi being off the shelves in Bihar, the state government today banned sale, advertisement and storage of 11 other brands of instant noodles after lab tests found presence of monosodium glutamate in them. One of the 11 brands also contains lead over permissible limit, Bihar Food Safety Commissioner Anand Kishor said. Nestle's 'Maggi' noodles has been banned in the state since June 5. The banned brands include 'Knorr Mast Masala Soupy Noodles' manufactured by Hindustan Unilever Limited, 'Foodles Multigrain' and 'Ata Masala Noodles' by Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Healthcare, 'Ching's Manchurian' and 'Veg Hakka Noodles' of Capital Foods Private Limited. 'Top Ramen Super Noodles', 'Top Ramen Curry Noodles' were also banned along with the 'Curry Veg Noodles' manufactured by Indo Nissin Foods Limited and its 'Cup Noodles Veggie Manchow', whose tastemaker was found to contain more lead than permitted. Sunfeast 'Yipee Noodles Magic Masala' and 'Yipee Noodles Classic Masala' made by .

Nestle India denies reports of Bombay HC asking for Maggi noodles retest

A lawyer for Nestle India termed as incorrect reports that the Bombay High Court had asked for retests of Maggi instant noodles

Nestle agrees to HC's proposal on fresh testing of Maggi

Khambata also contended one of the samples must be from the lot collected by the state FDA

Maggi case: Nestle violated laws, alleges Maharashtra FDA

The Food and Drugs Administration of Maharashtra today told the Bombay High Court that Maggi noodles manufacturer Nestle India violated laws with the lead level in the popular instant snack being above the permissible limit. The court was hearing a petition filed by Nestle against FSSAI's June 5 order banning nine variants of Maggi, and Maharashtra government's order prohibiting their sale. "If they (Nestle) had problems with the FDA report of laboratory tests showing lead content in Maggi, they could have told us, following which we could have referred the case to other accredited labs. Instead, the company challenged our authority," argued FDA counsel Darius Khambata. He further said, to a question by the judges, that of the 20 samples which were sent to the labs, only five tested positive. To another question by the division bench of justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla, Khambata said FDA had tested only two variants of Maggi, but banned all the nine variants available in ...

Post Maggi episode UP FDA upgrading lab testing facilities

Close on the heels of the Maggi noodles episode that originated from Barabanki district, about 30 km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, the state government is now in the process of upgrading its food and drug testing labs.

Maggi ban: Regulator overreach, says Nestle counsel

Says apex food regulator cannot issue emergency ban order on products under the law; argument to continue today

Nestle tells Bombay HC that Maggi test results cannot be relied upon

The point was made during presentation of final arguments today on the matter concerning Maggi's recall and ban. Nestle will continue making its arguments on 20 July

FSSAI urges Bombay HC to impose curbs on Maggi exports

Friday hearing to be the final one

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FSSAI sets 12,000 standards for food additives & ingredients

Notification soon; should ease approval process

'Shift FSSAI from health to consumer affairs ministry'

The demand assumes significance in view of the recent controversy surrounding Nestle's Maggi brand

Nestle pays Ambuja Cements Rs 20 crore to destroy Maggi packets

Nestle India has paid Rs 20 crore to Ambuja Cements for destroying Maggi instant noodles, which were found to be harmful for human consumption by the food regulators in the country.