Bombay HC to hear Nestle plea against ban

June 12, 2015 08:46

The Bombay High Court will on Friday take for hearing a petition filed by multinational giant Nestle India Ltd against orders of food authorities banning nine variants of its instant product "Maggi" from the Indian market for being "hazardous" to public health.

The plea will be heard by a division bench of Justice V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla.

Nestle's lawyer urged the court to hear the matter urgently as the company had suffered losses due to the food regulator's orders which had asked Nestle India Ltd to withdraw and recall the products from the market with immediate effect after finding that they were "hazardous to public health due to presence of lead more than the permissible limits".

Nestle urged the HC to quash the June 5 order of Delhi-based Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and its Chief Executive Officer asking the company to withdraw and recall all its nine variants of Maggi from the market as they were unsafe and hazardous for human consumption.

The impugned orders also asked the company to stop production, processing, import, distribution and sale of their products with immediate effect, said Nestle.

Nestle also prayed for setting aside the impugned order of Commissioner of Food Safety, Government of Maharashtra, banning the production and sale of 'Maggi' products of the company in the State.

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