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Indian gov't orders Nestle India to withdraw all Maggi noodles products

Xinhua, June 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

India's food safety watchdog on Friday ordered all the nine variants of Maggi noodles to be " withdrawn and recalled" by Nestle and further production and exports to be stopped, said officials.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India gave the order to the Nestle India Private Limited after the corporation itself announced the withdrawal of its Indian products immediately.

Nestle will have to recall all the products within 24 hours and inform the government body about it.

Since some samples were found to be "hazardous" for human consumption, the company was also ordered to show-cause within 15 days as to why the approval to the firm for the nine variants of " instant noodles with tastemaker" given on July 4, 2013 should not be withdrawn, said the report.

The order was issued after the company representatives were given a hearing on Thursday at the office of the authority to seek their responses on what steps Nestle had taken to comply with the safety norms prescribed by the food safety authority.

The Nestle team was led by its global chief executive Paul Bulcke and Etienne Benet, managing director and chief executive of India operations. Endi