Your beloved Maggi noodles were and are safe, says Nestle

Nestle India on Wednesday declared that the newly manufactured Maggi Noodles have been found safe in all the government laboratories. The company also announced that the instant noodles will be back in stores in November itself.

Releasing a statement in this regard, the company reiterated that "your beloved Maggi noodles are were and are safe".

"Nestlé India has conducted over 3500 tests representing over 200 million packs in both national as well as international accredited laboratories for testing and all reports are clear. In addition to these, various countries including USA, UK, Singapore, Australia and others have found MAGGI Noodles exported from India safe for consumption," the statement further said.

Here's the full text of the statement released by Nestle.

MAGGI Noodles are safe

100% of the samples sent from newly manufactured stocks tested by three laboratories have been cleared

NESTLÉ HOUSE, Gurgaon, November 04, 2015: We have received results from all three NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) accredited laboratories mandated by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court to test newly manufactured MAGGI Noodles samples. All the samples of the MAGGI Noodles Masala have been cleared with lead much below permissible limits.

This validates Nestlé India’s position that your beloved MAGGI Noodles were and are safe. Nestlé India has conducted over 3500 tests representing over 200 million packs in both national as well as international accredited laboratories for testing and all reports are clear. In addition to these, various countries including USA, UK, Singapore, Australia and others have found MAGGI Noodles exported from India safe for consumption.

Now that the Orders of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court have been complied with, we will make our best endeavor to commence the sale of MAGGI Noodles Masala within this month as well as continue engaging with States where permissions are needed or specific directions may be necessary. We are presently manufacturing MAGGI Noodles at three of our locations, at Nanjangud (Karnataka), Moga (Punjab) and Bicholim (Goa) and for the other two locations at Tahliwal and Pantnagar, we are engaging with the relevant authorities in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand to obtain directions for commencing manufacture of MAGGI Noodles.

Nestlé India is committed to collaborate and work proactively with FSSAI, the apex food regulator, FDA authorities in States and other stakeholders.

Nestlé India maintains the highest standards of food quality and safety in the manufacture of all its products and consumer trust is of paramount importance to us.

Summary of 90 results (6 variants, 5 samples each)90 results done for lead at 3 NABL accredited laboratories in India (Source: Maggi India)