Maggi case to be heard on July 19

The arguments over whether Maggi noodles is safe for consumption are to be heard on July 19, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a laboratory in Mysuru gave the test reports it conducted on 16 Maggi noodle samples to the SC. The SC in December had directed the CFTRI laboratory in Mysuru to submit complete test report on Maggi noodles to determine whether Maggi contains any harmful elements for human consumption.

The food major, fighting against the Union government over alleged substandard quality of its flagship brand argued that since monosodium glutamate (MSG) originates from natural sources, its presence in Maggi cannot be termed artificial. Incidentally, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recently came out with a notification regarding the same. The regulator asked its food commissioners, in charge of different states, not take action against food manufacturers for presence of MSG in their noodles and pastas, unless there is mislabelling.

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