The government\'s demand for Rs 639.96 crore in damages from the company includes Rs 284.55 crore for what it said selling faulty and unsafe goods. The remaining Rs 355.41 crore is sought as punitive damages for alleged gross negligence, apathy and callou
The government has filed a lawsuit against Nestle\'s Indian unit, seeking Rs 640 crore in damages on behalf of consumers after the country\'s worst packaged food scare in a decade.
Goa FDA had sent the Maggi noodles samples to Mysore-based CFTRI for retesting of the safety of instant noodles after FSSAI expressed apprehensions on state FDA\\\'s initial report, which had found lead within permissible limits.
Ban on Maggi instant noodles lead to Nestle India reported a standalone loss of Rs 64.40 crore for the quarter ended on June 30, 2015, its first quarterly loss in over three decades.
Nestle has been at the centre of India\\\'s worst food scare in a decade after local regulators reported that some packets of the company\\\'s Maggi instant noodles -- one of India\\\'s most popular snacks -- contained dangerous levels of lead.
The tenure of the chairman is for three years. Until now Bhanu Pratap Sharma, secretary health and family welfare, was temporarily in charge of the position.
Nestle had already announced it was pulling the product from sale when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India imposed a ban following similar moves by some state governments.
The safety scare is a huge blow to the company, which has been selling its Maggi products for more than three decades in India, and has 80 percent of the country\\\'s instant noodle market.