Maggi row: SC orders testing of noodles samples at Mysore laboratory

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered testing of samples of Maggi noodles at Mysore laboratory in pursuance of the direction of apex consumer panel.

SC said that the test report, including earlier ones, should be produced before it, while restraining consumer panel National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) from going ahead with proceedings in the matter.

NCDRC in a recent order, had sent 16 more samples of Maggi noodles for further testing.

The matter pertains to the government's petition which has alleged that Nestle India had "indulged in unfair trade practices by false labelling of Maggi noodles inasmuch as it states 'No added MSG' prominently on packet, despite presence of MSG." Monosodium glutamate is a salt used in the food industry for enhancing flavour.

However Nestle, via a fresh petition has challenged the order passed by NCDRC, directing further testing of 16 more samples.