date:Jun 03, 2015
The Food Safety and Drug Administration in India has filed a criminal complaint against Nestle after the discovery of very high amounts of lead in a batch of Maggi 2-Minute Noodles.
The product, which is hugely popular in the country, showed elevated levels of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavour enhancer, which was almost seven times more than the permissible limit during spot checks in the state of Uttar Pradesh earlier this year.
Following the revelation, the state recalled around 200,000-