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Maggi In Fresh Trouble, India's Food Regulatory Body Moves SC Against Lifting Ban

India's Food Regulatory Body Moves SC Against Lifting Ban On Maggi Noodles
Packets of Maggi 2-Minute Noodles, manufactured by Nestle India Ltd., sit behind the counter at a store in New Delhi, India, on Monday, June 15, 2015. Nestle SA said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is testing samples of imported Maggi noodles after the worlds largest food company halted sales in India when regulators said they contained unhealthy levels of lead. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Packets of Maggi 2-Minute Noodles, manufactured by Nestle India Ltd., sit behind the counter at a store in New Delhi, India, on Monday, June 15, 2015. Nestle SA said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is testing samples of imported Maggi noodles after the worlds largest food company halted sales in India when regulators said they contained unhealthy levels of lead. Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

NEW DELHI -- In fresh trouble for Nestle India Ltd, food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) today moved the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order lifting the ban on Maggi noodles in the country.

FSSAI approached the apex court, terming the High Court's 13 August order as "erroneous" and questioned the sanctity of the samples provided for re-test to government-approved labs.

In its petition, FSSAI has contended that the High Court "erred" by asking Nestle, the Indian arm of the Swiss company itself, to provide the fresh samples instead of asking a neutral authority to do so.

Earlier, the High Court had quashed the orders of FSSAI and Maharashtra food regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which had banned nine variants of Maggi noodles in the country. It had said that the principles of natural justice were not followed in executing the ban as the manufacturer was not given a hearing.

The court had allowed Nestle to go in for fresh testing of five samples of each variant of the noodles at three independent laboratories in Punjab, Hyderabad and Jaipur which were accredited with National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).

It had clarified that these samples would be taken out of the 750 samples preserved by the company following the ban and if lead content was found below permissible limits by the three labs, Nestle India will be allowed to manufacture Maggi noodles.

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