Maggi row: Banned in Madhya Pradesh till further orders

As troubles escalate for the '2 minute noodle' -- Maggi, the Government of Madhya Pradesh has become the latest to join the bandwagon of states banning the Nestle product.

So far, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand have prohibited the sale of Maggi noodles, after it came under mounting scrutiny of containing monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead beyond permissible levels.

The Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand governments have banned the sale of the product for three months, while in Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, the ban will be effective for one month. The four states also ordered Nestle India to immediately withdraw all stocks.

Meanwhile, Delhi has banned the product for 15 days.

Nestle global CEO Paul Bulcke is presently addressing a press conference on the issue, while at the same time deciding to pull its product off market shelves.

The row over the safety of Maggi noodles has gone global with Singapore banning the instant noodles on the direction of its Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority.

Reports suggest UK is also checking the product to see if packs sold in UK have high levels of lead as found in that in India.

Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday had said that the government has decided to file a complaint regarding Maggi issue with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to further investigate the matter as the FSSAI reports might take some time to come.