Nestle’s Maggi issue is snowballing into a bigger controversy. The Nestle India officials met with the Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain earlier today and gave their representations, after certain Maggi samples were found to be unsafe by the Delhi authorities. The authorities who had already filed a complaint against the makers of Maggi, said proceedings will start from today.
No recall order, says Nestle
Nestle said it has not received any order from the central or any state FDA authority for recall of its Maggi noodles as the controversy over safety issues deepened.
“We have not received any official communication from the authorities so far,” the company said in a BSE filing.
It further said: “We wish to state that we have till now not received any orders from any state/Centre FDA authorities to recall Maggi noodle products in the market except an order from the Uttar Pradesh FDA dated 30.4.2015 asking us to recall a batch of Maggi noodles manufactured in February 2014, which had already reached the ‘Best Before date’ in November 2014.”
Big Bazaar stops Maggi sales
Meanwhile, leading retailer Future Group which runs the Big Bazaar chain has decided to remove Maggi from its shelves.
In a statement, a Future Group spokesperson said, “In the interest of consumer sentiment and concerns we have taken Maggie noodles off the shelves from all our stores for the time being. We will wait for more clarity from authorities to take any further course of action.”
This comes after Kerala State Civil corporation has issued an order to stop selling Maggi at their stores, while reports also emerged that Kendriya Bhandar, stores run by the Central government have also taken Maggi off their shelves.