News Maggi banned due to high quantities of MSG and lead. Update - Ban Lifted

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Nestle India spent Rs 445 cr for ads, but just Rs 19-cr for Quality testing

In the dock over alleged lapses of food safety standards in its famous Maggi noodles, Nestle India has disclosed having spent Rs 445 core on 'advertising and sales promotion' last year, while the expenses towards 'quality testing' was less than 5 per cent of such amounts.

Similar has been the trend over the last five years, when the 'advertising and sales promotion' expenses ranged between Rs 300-450 crore annually, while expenditure on 'laboratory or quality testing' moved between Rs 12-20 crore.

Experts, however, say that similar trend could be seen at other such companies as all of them spend huge sums on brand promotions. The financial accounts of Nestle India further shows that the expenditure towards heads like 'travelling' and 'training' was higher than the same towards quality testing.

The expenditure towards 'market research' was however lower at about Rs 16 crore in 2014, up by about 69 per cent from Rs 9.7 crore five years ago in 2010.


Read more at: Nestle India: Rs 19 crore for quality testing, Rs 445 crore for ads : Delhi, News - India Today

 

[Music Fan]

Oh my god
Nestle wasted Rs.445 crore in just ads?
Instead they should have given good quality product
But now, no use of it

 

[Technoglitch]

Singapore has allowed the sale of Maggi noodles manufactured in India after safety tests by food authorities here found that the popular instant snack does not pose any health risk to consumers.

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) informed local importers that sale of the brand's noodles from India may be resumed, The Straits Times reported.

AVA had last week advised importers to withhold sales while it conducted laboratory tests, following concerns over higher-than-permissible levels of lead in the product.
Singapore resumes sale of India-made Maggi noodles - The Times of India

 

[DashMajor]

Oh my god
Nestle wasted Rs.445 crore in just ads?
Instead they should have given good quality product
But now, no use of it

So what you expect, Bachchan surely charged 50% of a amount.

 

[Technoglitch]

Maggi instant noodles produced in India are safe to eat, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said on Monday night.

AVA has informed affected Singapore importers that sale of the brand's noodles from India may be resumed, after food safety tests found that the product does not pose risks to consumers.

It had earlier advised importers to withhold sales while it conducted laboratory tests, following concerns over higher-than-permissible levels of lead in the product.

Results from AVA's laboratory tests, which cover "a wide range of hazards associated with food", showed that the India-made Maggi instant noodles meet local food safety standards.

- See more at: India-made Maggi instant noodles safe to eat, says AVA - Singapore More Singapore Stories News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

 

[Music Fan]

So what you expect, Bachchan surely charged 50% of a amount.

I expect Quality product than publicity & famous product

 

[NinadG]

 

[NinadG]

Singapore has allowed the sale of Maggi noodles manufactured in India after safety tests by food authorities here found that the popular instant snack does not pose any health risk to consumers.

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) informed local importers that sale of the brand's noodles from India may be resumed, The Straits Times reported.

AVA had last week advised importers to withhold sales while it conducted laboratory tests, following concerns over higher-than-permissible levels of lead in the product.
Singapore resumes sale of India-made Maggi noodles - The Times of India

But the question is whether Nestle exports same quality Maggi to Singapore that is being produced for consumption in India.......

 

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But the question is whether Nestle exports same quality Maggi to Singapore that is being produced for consumption in India.......

It has too be because the output is same .

 

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Maggi noodles withdrawn in African supermarket

East Africa's biggest supermarket chain has withdrawn Nestle's Maggi noodle brand from its shops in five countries, amid concerns over food safety.

Nakumatt says the noodles have been withdrawn from shops in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan, after demands from a Kenyan consumer group.

The group was reacting to a partial ban in India, where regulators described the product as "unsafe and hazardous".

Maggi noodles are very popular in Kenya, and the company's seasoning cubes, which are not involved in the current controversy, are widely used in West African cuisine.

The Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek), which launched the complaint, says that Kenyan supermarket chains Tuskys and Naivas have also agreed to voluntarily withdraw the noodles.

Kenya's Bureau of Standards, the official government watchdog for product standards, has now issued a "verbal recall" for the noodles, according to a statement on the Cofek website.

Cofek has also asked Kenya's port authority to prevent further imports of the product.

Indian food regulators said that tests revealed high lead levels in the product, describing it as "unsafe and hazardous", leading to a ban on the product in several states.

Read more at: Maggi noodles withdrawn in East African supermarket - BBC News