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The brand had made an earlier announcement about Maggi noodles being safe through a front-page print ad campaign in TheTimes of India, Delhi edition, dated October 19.
Nestle India has given the much-awaited Diwali gift to its loyal customers this year. After a seemingly long and unending wait over its infamous ban, the instant noodles brand has made a wonderful comeback with Nestle India having announced the same on their Twitter handle on November 8 with a post stating, "Your favourite MAGGI noodles are back."
Trouble erupted for brand Maggi when a TOI (The Times of India) report published on May 16 this year said that Maggi samples collected in some parts of Uttar Pradesh were found to contain added monosodium glutamate (MSG) and lead in excess of the permissible limit. Authorities swung into action and the Lucknow Food Safety and Drug Administration initiated an inquiry and wrote to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in New Delhi, and sought to cancel the license for the noodle brand. The regulator also asked FSSAI to order sampling of the product from across the country to check quality.
The spokesperson further says that the return of MAGGI Noodles on the auspicious eve of Deepawali and on the day of Dhanteras has been a moment of celebration for the brand as MAGGI Noodles has a very special relationship and a strong emotional bond with its consumers.
Significantly, in the first sale on Snapdeal on November 9, the noodles were sold out within minutes even as the manufacturing facility for the Masala variant is underway at three plants- Moga (Punjab), Bicholim (Goa) and Nanjagud (Karnataka). According to news reports, it will not be available yet in eight states that have banned its sale.