Mumbai: Nestle failed to get any relief on Friday, as the Bombay High Court declined to stay the order of food authorities banning nine variants of Maggi noodles.
This came even as the court issued notices to all respondents, seeking a reply from them within two weeks. The next hearing in the case was scheduled for June 30.
During the hearing, the court questioned why brand ambassadors of Maggi 2-minute noodles be prosecuted in the case for endorsing the product.
Embroiled in the Maggi controversy, Nestle India on Thursday said it had approached the Bombay High Court to seek a judicial review of the food safety regulator FSSAI's order over quality of its instant noodles.
"As part of the efforts to resolve the Maggi noodles issue, Nestle India has today approached the Bombay High Court raising issues of interpretation of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2011 while seeking a judicial review of the order dated June 6, 2015, passed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra and the order dated June 5 passed by FSSAI," it had said in a filing to BSE.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued an order last week banning all variants of Nestle India's Maggi noodles, terming them as "unsafe and hazardous" for human consumption.
Nestle India had to recall the product from the market after several states banned the '2-minute' instant food as tests showed it contained taste enhancer MSG (monosodium glutamate) and lead in excess of permissible limits.
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