The central drug officer seized 200 quintals from a company owned <g data-gr-id="30">gowdown</g> in Banthara area, Additional Food Commissioner (Administration) Ram <g data-gr-id="31">Araj</g> Maurya said. He, however, said that further details could be revealed only by central authorities.
Last week, one more sample of instant noodle Maggi had failed laboratory test in the city, according to a senior UP FDA official.
“A sample which was taken from <g data-gr-id="29">Deoria</g> has failed the lab test,” Additional Commissioner (Food) FDA Vijay Bahadur Yadav had said adding that more than 100 samples are being tested.
Later in the day, Nestle India said in a statement that the “20,000 kg of noodles being mentioned in the media reports is not meant for sale and was awaiting onward transportation to the incineration centre”. “As part of the recall procedure and standard operating process, Nestle India has been collecting stocks being returned from the market as well as customers, on a regular basis for over two months,” the company said. These are being stored at various godowns before sending to cement factories for <g data-gr-id="35">high temperature</g> thermal destruction, it added.
Meanwhile, the government on Tuesday approached consumer forum NCDRC seeking damages worth Rs 640 crore from the company on charges of unfair trade practices, false labelling and misleading advertisements of the popular noodles brand.
The Consumer Affairs Ministry filed a complaint against Nestle India before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) using a provision for the first time in the nearly three-decade-old Consumer Protection Act.
The case has been filed after the Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan cleared the file on Monday.