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Delhi High Court Quashes Complaints in 2015 Maggi Case
The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal complaints against food business operators linked to the 2015 Maggi noodles controversy. Justice Madhu Jain said later judicial developments and fresh testing had weakened the…
The Story in Brief
The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal complaints against food business operators linked to the 2015 Maggi noodles controversy. Justice Madhu Jain said later judicial developments and fresh testing had weakened the prosecution’s foundation, making a prolonged trial purposeless, Times Now News reports.
The complaints concerned samples collected in May 2015 that were declared unsafe over lead levels above the permissible limit of 2.5 parts per million. The court considered a fresh analysis by the Central Food Technological Research Institute, proceedings before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, and similar orders from the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand High Courts. The NCDRC had earlier recorded that tested Maggi samples fell within permissible lead limits.
The Indian Opinion
The loudest version of this episode casts either Nestlé or regulators as wholly vindicated, but the record is less neat. The 2015 action involved both alleged excess lead and labelling concerns over the ‘No added MSG’ claim, while later testing and court orders weakened the criminal case. Quashing complaints is not the same as proving every product was always compliant. The useful test is the court’s detailed reasoning and the final status of any remaining regulatory action.
Source: timesnownews.com
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