Just in: Rejoice, Maggi lovers! Nestle says newly-manufactured Maggi found safe in tests; to start retail sales this month. Nestle India on Wednesday said its flagship product Maggi noodles are safe for consumption after 100 per cent of the samples from its newly manufactured stocks have been cleared.


In August this year, the Bombay high court quashed the orders of the Indian food regulators banning the nine variants of noodles in the country after observing that principles of natural justice were not followed.


A division bench of the high court allowed Nestle to go in for fresh testing by sending five samples of each variant of noodles to three independent laboratories in Punjab, Hyderabad and Jaipur which were accredited with National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). These samples would be taken out of the 750 samples preserved by the company following the ban.


A huge stock of Maggi noodles was destroyed by Nestle after the ban was imposed by the food regulators. If the lead content is found below permissible limits by these three labs, Nestle, would be allowed to manufacture Maggi noodles.


Last month, Nestle India said it had cleared tests conducted by three laboratories as per Bombay High Court directions. The company, however, said it would commence manufacturing and marketing the brand "only after the newly manufactured products are also cleared by the designated three laboratories".  Now, that it has happened, Maggi will back on shelves in a month.