Packaged water, milk and edible oils came under the lens of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) after it decided to strengthen surveillance activities on such products.
FSSAI has elected the labs for each of the regions, with Northern region at 28, Western region with 25, Southern region at 24 and the Eastern region with 5 labs.
There will be additional costs to take into account, for example bringing stock from the market, transporting the stock to the destruction points, destruction cost etc, added Nestle India in the statement.
Nestle India is recalling around 25,000 tonnes of Maggi noodles, adding up to 200-300 million packets and has asked its 4,000 distributors and sub-stockists to send back all Maggi noodles packets within 15 days, from the day of the FSSAI order on 5 June.
According to the Japanese financial services firm, the next logical step for FSSAI would be to tighten the labelling, packaging and testing norms for the entire sector, which in turn is positive for the consumer.
According to an analysis the expenses towards employees have risen the most in the last five years - up by about 75 per cent from Rs 433 crore in the year 2010 to Rs 755 crore in 2014.
Food regulation in India is commonly termed as a 'necessary evil' by restaurateurs, as they know regulation is good to improve quality and standardise Indian food to match up with international standards.