News India sues Nestle for nearly $100m over food safety

[tom_mai78101]

India's government is seeking damages of nearly $100m from Nestle India for "unfair trade practices" after the food safety regulator banned its hugely popular Maggi noodles brand in June for containing unsafe levels of lead.

The government said on Wednesday that it has filed a suit with the country's top consumer court, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), for 6,400 million rupees ($98.6m) in damages from the Indian arm of the Swiss food giant.

"Our complaint is over their unfair trade practices and the court will now issue them notices to hear their response," G Gurcharan, additional secretary at the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, told AFP news agency.

In April, laboratory tests ordered by some state governments found the noodles contained far higher levels of lead than legally allowed. The tests also detected the flavour enhancer chemical monosodium glutamate, or MSG, which is not mentioned in the product's list of ingredients.

India sues Nestle for nearly $100m over food safety

Government seeks damages from Swiss food giant after banning Maggi noodles for containing unsafe levels of lead.

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[Accname]

Holy moly that is some serious money. Far more then indians are worth.
On the other hand, Nestlé did fuck up bad time.

 

[KMilz]

That's a lot of rupees. I'm decidedly disappointed that this currency isn't crystal-shaped like in Zelda.

 

[Accname]

Its not that many if you consider that a bottle of milk can cost you like 500.

 

[KMilz]

Billions of anything is still a lot of something, even if it takes a lot to buy your milk. Especially since milk is free in Zelda once you get to the farm. Imagine what you could do with all those extra rupees!

 

[Accname]

As far as I remember pretty much nothing. Which isnt too suprising considering rupees grow on trees and bushes.

 

[KMilz]

Oh, right... yeah.
Yeah.