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Article

31 May 2015

Author:
Preetika Rana, Wall Steet Journal

Criminal complaint accuses Nestlé India of high lead levels in Maggi noodles

Indian food-safety inspectors...filed a criminal complaint against Nestlé India Ltd. after finding dangerous levels of lead in a batch of Maggi 2-Minute Noodles sold in the country...it found seven-times the permissible level of lead in a routine test of two dozen noodle packets...Himanshu Manglik, a spokesman for Nestlé India, said Sunday that the company hadn’t received “anything in writing as far as the court complaint is concerned...A statement by the company earlier this month, after the initial reports of the allegedly high lead levels, said that Nestlé was aware its Maggi noodles were under the food-safety scanner in India. It said the company would conduct its own independent checks.