The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Nestle India on an appeal by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) against lifting the ban on the brand’s popular Maggi noodles.
A bench led by Justice Dipak Misra waived off the formal notice as Nestle’s counsel Harish Salve accepted the notice and said he would file a reply to the petition by January 5. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for the FSSAI, said he was not pressing for an immediate stay of the Bombay High Court order but he wanted to draw the court’s attention towards the difficulties being faced by the food regulator in view of the HC order, reports The Indian Express.
The samples for fresh testing will be sent to the designated laboratories on December 14. The bench agreed to examine FSSAI’s contentions on January 13.
After a favourable HC order, Nestle had relaunched the extremely popular instant noodle brand on November 9.
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