Maggi lovers, we have good news for you! Your lip smacking “two-minute” Maggi is all ready to make a comeback. Nestle SA, has restarted manufacturing of the Maggi, the instant noodles at Nestle’s 3 India facilities. The noodles will hit the markets after they go through the regular testing procedure and obtain permissions from food testing laboratories. So keep your eyes glued on the supermarket shelves this November, Maggi may surprise you!
Nestle India had been caught in a miserable law suit thrown by the “Consumer Affairs Ministry” and they demanded a damage compensation of Rs 640 crores for “alleged unfair trade practices, false labeling and misleading advertisements”.
Nestle SA had to stop production and was forced to remove Maggi, the instant noodles, from the shelves because certain labs had accused Maggi of containing MSG and lead, beyond permitted amounts. A nationwide ban had been imposed on Maggi after this disclosure and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has strictly asked for it not to be sold to the customers. This had cost Nestle almost $ 67 million or about 66 million Swiss francs as they had destroyed almost 30,000 tones of the instant noodles.
The news of Maggi’s comeback has been confirmed by a spokesman of the Swiss packaging company. The company immediately started working on the necessary alterations to get Maggi into the permissible limit category and has now got the first samples ready. “In compliance with the orders of the High Court of Bombay, fresh samples from these newly manufactured batches will be sent for testing to the three accredited laboratories designated by the High Court,” stated the spokesperson. These fresh batches will be sent to 3 accredited labs for testing purposes as ordered by the Bombay High Court.
Nestle’s spokesperson stated “We have resumed manufacturing of Maggi Noodles at three of our plants, at Nanjangud (Karnataka), Moga (Punjab) and Bicholim (Goa).” The samples need to be cleared in the inspection only then can the sales be resumed from November onwards.
Regarding this, Nestle India has given a statement “We have received test results from all three laboratories mandated by the Bombay High Court to test Maggi Noodles samples. All the 90 samples, covering six variants, tested by these laboratories are clear with lead much below the permissible limits,” stated the company. Get ready to sample the “safe” maggi soon!
