Panaji: Nestle has written to the food safety and standard authority of India (FSSAI), Mumbai, informing them that it is ready to start the process to resume production of Maggi noodles at their Maulinguem plant.
A copy has been marked on Friday to food and drugs administration (FDA), Goa, along with reports of fresh safety tests.
The production at Nestle's Goa plant was stopped following a directive by FSSAI. The production of Maggi noodles at the Goa plant was stopped along with other states earlier this year. The FSSAI had said tests taken from across the country had found lead exceeding the permissible limits in 15 of 29 samples.
Samples which had been drawn by FDA Goa and which were independently tested at its laboratory as well outside Goa, had no negative reports.
Confirming the receipt of the communication from Nestle, Salim Veljee, FDA director, told TOI on Friday that Nestle is not required to take permission from the Goa FDA.
Nestle, apparently is gearing up to start production again, after the Bombay high court set aside the countrywide ban on nine variants of Nestle's Maggi instant noodles.
The court has however ordered Nestle India to conduct fresh safety tests on the product before relaunching it.
Over 300 contractors at Maulinguem plant who lost their employment after the production at the plant stoppped, have been agitating demanding that they be taken into service again.
Samples which had been drawn by FDA Goa and which were independently tested at its laboratory as well outside Goa, had no negative reports.
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