Lok Sabha Question No. 2256 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-11
Subject: Sale of Maggi
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, PARESH RAWAL, SULTAN  AHMED, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, RAMA KISHORE SINGH, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2256 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## SALE OF MAGGI

## 2256. SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI PARESH RAVAL:

SHRI SULTAN AHMED:

SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has banned the sale of maggi after it failed the tests for food safety standards, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has claimed any damage from the defaulting company;
- (c) if so, the details thereof indicating the quantum of damages, if any, recovered from them;
- (d) whether the company has been gra ted permission to sell maggi in the market again;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the total amount of the products hitherto sold by the said company; and
- (f) the norms laid down by the Government for allowing the sale of food items after its sale was banned on account of alleged adulteration?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a): Consequent upon the failure of a sample of Maggi noodles drawn in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh , to  meet  the  prescribed  standards  regarding  lead  and  MSG,  the  Food  Safety  an Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had advised all the States/ UTs vide its communic dated 25 th May 2015 to draw samples of the said food product and get the same tested from authorized labs. Based on the test results reported from different states indicating p Lead beyond the permissible limits, an order was issued  on 5 th June 2015 directing M/s Nestle India Ltd to reca ll its Maggi Noodles. A notice was also issued requiring the Company to sh cause as to why the Product Approvals granted in respect of all the variants of Maggi Noo not  withdrawn.  Incidentally,  M/s  Nestle  India  Ltd  had  itself  decided  to  withdraw  a ll  the  09 variants  of  its  Maggi  Noodles  from  the  market  as  announced  by  the  Company  in  a  Pre Conference held on 5 th June, 2015.

(b)& (c) : The  Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department o Consumer  Affairs  has  filed  a consumer  complaint  under  section  12(1)(d)  of  the  Consumer Protection Act, 1986 in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), New Delhi against Nestle India on the ground of unfair trade practice being adopted in the maggi noodles, praying for a direction to the company to pay Rs.6.39 crore as compensation punitive damages.

(d) to (f): The  Hon'ble Bombay  High  Court  has  quashed  the  order  dated 5 th June  2015 passed  by  the  FSSAI.  The FSSAI  has  filed  a  Special  Leave  Petition  (SLP) in  the  Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on certain issues and pending a decision in the matter ,the High Court directions are being complied with.