Nestle India, which has resumed production of Maggi instant noodles at three of its units, on Tuesday said it is in talks with State authorities to restart production at other facilities in the country.
Nestle manufactures Maggi at five plants in India. While production has begun at Nanjangud (Karnataka), Moga (Punjab) and Bicholim (Goa), manufacturing is yet to resume at Tahliwal (Himachal Pradesh) and Pantnagar (Uttarakhand).
Maggi noodles will have to undergo a fresh round of tests to comply with the Bombay High Court order before it hits the market.
“In compliance with the orders of the High Court of Bombay, fresh samples from these newly manufactured batches will be sent for testing to the three accredited laboratories mandated by the High Court,” the company said in a statement to the BSE.
It added that sales will commence only after the samples are cleared by these laboratories.
The company said it is “engaging with the relevant State authorities and other stakeholders at our other manufacturing locations to commence manufacture at the earliest.”
Nestle India was forced to withdraw Maggi from the market and stop production in June after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned the instant noodle brand saying it was ‘unsafe and hazardous’ for consumption after it held lead levels in the product were beyond the permissible limits.
