Aug 13, 2015: Bombay High Court lifts ban on Maggi noodles. Orders fresh tests on samples
Aug 11: Indian government files Rs.640-crore class action suit against Nestle alleging unfair trade practices on Maggi noodles; hearing by National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Aug 14
Aug 7: Several operators in the food business, including Nestle and Amway, have violated regulatory and manufacturing standards leading to recall of their products or withdrawal of NoCs, Health Minister J.P. Nadda says
Aug 6: Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan responds on Maggi noodles, saying once public perception becomes negative about a product, its credibility gets affected
Aug 5: Goa Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza favours re-think on the Maggi ban following the latest tests conducted at a central government lab in Karnataka finding it safe for consumption
Aug 5: Sectoral regulator Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) says Nestle India has not been given a clean chit on Maggi and that its June 5 ban order still operative despite the Karnataka lab’s finding
Aug 4: Five samples of Maggi noodles sent from Goa to Karnataka lab found safe for consumption
Aug 1: Suresh Narayanan, takes charge as the new India chief Nestle and says that Maggi will soon be back on retail shelves, even as the company will launch more instant snacks and also focus on other areas of operations
July 24: Nestle announces that Nestle India managing director Etienne Benetwill be leaving on July 25 and relocating to Nestle Group Head Office in Switzerland and would be replaced by Suresh Narayanan, former CEO and chairman of Nestle Philippines.
July 21: Consumer Affairs Minister Paswan says while the government had nothing against Nestle on the Maggi controversy, the episode had created awareness among the public
July 21: Health Minister Nadda says samples of food items will continue to be drawn by the state food safety officers and sent for analysis at FSSAI-authorised laboratories, Maggi being one of them
July 3: Canadian food regulator says Maggi safe for consumption
July 1: Britain’s Food Standards Authority says Maggi noodles manufactured in India and exported to Britain, were safe to consume and contained lead well within permissible levels
June 30: Bombay High Court allows Nestle to export all varieties of Maggi noodles from India, though restrictions on domestic marketing would continue
June 16: Still fighting the Maggi noodles crisis in court, Nestle India hit by another potential spot of trouble with a consumer filing a complaint with FSSAI that a packet of baby food Cerelac was found infested with worms in Coimbatore
June 15: Nestle India says it is yet to receive FSSAI reports terming Maggi “unsafe”
June 15: Valuing its Maggi stocks at around Rs.320 crore, Nestle India says a good part of this being incinerated at five cement factories across the country into fuel
June 14: Pakistani retailers say Maggi sales unaffected as consumers have not reacted to reports of lead contamination in Indian manufactured noodles
June 12: Bombay High Court declines interim relief to Nestle, which sought a judicial review of the FSSAI ban; plea to be heard on June 30
June 11: Nestle India moves Bombay High Court for judicial review of FSSAI ban
June 10: Lead and arsenic levels in Maggi samples tested in Bengaluru found within permissible limits while there is no clarity on monosodium glutamate (MSG)
June 9: FSSAI says there were no issue over the bonafides of the Kolkata facility that tested Maggi and that prescribed norms were followed
June 9: After banning Maggi, Odisha government decides to test all brands of instant noodles being sold across the state
June 8: Singapore authorities say India-manufactured Maggi mets local food safety standards and do not pose a risk to consumers
June 7: Noting that the FSSAI has commenced proceedings against Maggi, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) demand action against its brand ambassadors and the officials who approved the product
June 7: Bahrain bans Maggi
June 5: FIR in Bihar against Nestle officials and Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta, the Maggi brand ambassadors, following a court order
June 5: Announcing the withdrawal of Maggi across India after reports of higher-than-permissible levels of some substances, Nestle global chief executive Paul Bulcke asserts the product was “safe”
June 5: FSSAI orders Nestle to “withdraw and recall” all nine Maggi noodle variants, halt their production and also stop exports, saying samples were found to be “unsafe and hazardous” for humans
June 4: Nestle India releases on its website lab test results of Maggi samples showing that the lead quantity is below FSSAI-prescribed levels
June 4: Consumer Affairs Minister Paswan says safety checks on Maggi had been ordered, and that further action only after test reports were in
June 4: Central government seeks reports from the states on the Maggi controversy
June 3: Government files complaint against Nestle India with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Maggi
June 3: Delhi government bans Maggi for 15 days, other states order tests
June 3: With consumers wary, Maggi noodles taken off shelves from retail chains like Big Bazaar.
May 21: Amid concerns over “dangerous levels” of lead and MSG in Maggi, the Uttar Pradesh food safety body says Nestle asked to recall the batch collected for testing from Barabanki
1982: Maggi noodles enter the Indian market.