• unexpectedly

In May 2015, food safety regulators from Barabanki, a district of Uttar Pradesh, India reported that samples of Maggi 2 Minute Noodles had

high levels of monosodium glutamate, as well as up to 17 times the

permissible limit of lead. This finding led to multiple market
withdrawals and investigations in India and beyond.[11][12][13][14][15]
• Timeline[edit]
• June 3, 2015 – The New Delhi Government banned the sale of
Maggi in New Delhi stores for 15 days due to these findings.[16] First
Information Reports (FIRs) against Bollywood Maggi Brand
Ambassadors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, and Preity
Zinta were lodged by Sudhir Kumar Ojha, a lawyer, at Muzaffarpur
district court, asking the authorities to arrest them if required. He
complained that he fell sick after eating Maggi which he had
purchased from a shop at Lenin Chowk on 30 May.[17]
• June 4, 2015 – The Gujarat FDA banned the noodles for 30 days
after 27 out of 39 samples were detected with objectionable levels
of metallic lead, among other things,[18] and Assam banned sale,
distribution, and storage of Maggi's "extra delicious chicken
noodles" variety for 30 days after tests carried out at the state
 015, food safety regulators from Barabanki, a district of Uttar Pradesh, India reported
ples of Maggi 2 Minute Noodles had unexpectedly high levels of monosodium
te, as well as up to 17 times the permissible limit of lead. This finding led to multiple
withdrawals and investigations in India and beyond.[11][12][13][14][15]
[edit]
015 – The New Delhi Government banned the sale of Maggi in New Delhi stores for 15
to these findings.[16] First Information Reports (FIRs) against Bollywood Maggi Brand
adors Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, and Preity Zinta were lodged by Sudhir Kumar
awyer, at Muzaffarpur district court, asking the authorities to arrest them if required. He
ned that he fell sick after eating Maggi which he had purchased from a shop at Lenin
n 30 May.[17]
015 – The Gujarat FDA banned the noodles for 30 days after 27 out of 39 samples were
d with objectionable levels of metallic lead, among other things,[18] and Assam banned
ribution, and storage of Maggi's "extra delicious chicken noodles" variety for 30 days
ts carried out at the state public health laboratory concluded that the particular variety
d added an excessively high amount of lead.[19] On June 4, 2015 the government
Nadubanned Maggi foods due to an unacceptable amount of lead and other
ents.[20]
015 – The Andhra Pradesh Government also banned Maggi foods.[21]
une 5, 2015, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)[22] ordered a
all nine approved variants of Maggi instant noodles and oats masala noodles,
[23]