Nestle India has decided to destroy the recalled Maggi noodle stocks at cement plants nationwide.
Salim Veljee, Director of Goa’s Food and Drugs Authority, said on Tuesday that the cement factories that had incinerators would use the recalled stocks as fuel for cement processing.
Nestle, which has a plant to make noodles in Goa, has 978 tonnes of noodles withdrawn from across the State after the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) banned the snack, ruling it “hazardous.” However, there were no incinerators in Goa to destroy such a large amount.
Nestle in Goa informed the Food and Drugs Authority that it would produce the documentary evidence of transport and destruction of the product at the end of the exercise, which would start immediately, Mr. Veljee said.
