Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday reserved its order till August 3 on a petition filed by Nestle India against orders of Food Safety Standards Authority of India and Food and Drugs Administration of Maharashtra banning Maggi.
Nestle argued that its product did not contain lead in excess of permissible ceiling and challenged the tests by FSSAI and FDA, while the food regulators said the lead content in Maggi detected during tests in laboratories was harmful to health.
The order was reserved by justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawala who had asked both the sides to give their consent for a fresh independent test. However, the parties could not arrive at a consensus to the suggestion mooted by HC.
Nestle’s lawyer Iqbal Chhagla said the tests should be conducted in the presence of a renowned scientist and the samples available with the company should be used. Darius Khambata, appearing for FDA, said that one of the samples must be from the lot collected by state FDA.