Indian Government Sues Nestle for $99 Million After Finding Lead in Instant Noodles
From selling Californians their own water at high costs during the worst drought in history to donating millions to fight GMO labeling through the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association, Big Food company Nestle is becoming despised more every day. Now, the company’s latest indiscretion has gotten them in trouble with the Indian Government.
The Indian government has filed a class action suit for 6.4 billion rupees ($99 million) against Nestle’s Indian unit. The suit was sparked by Nestle selling contaminated goods and ‘trading unfairly’ after a regulator in Uttar Pradesh claimed they found excess lead in a package of Nestle’s instant noodles, with the brand name, Maggi.
Laboratory tests ordered by some state governments found the noodles contained far higher levels of lead than legally allowed. They also found a commonly-used Big Food flavor enhancer, the chemical monosodium glutamate, or MSG, that is not mentioned in the product’s list of ingredients.
Over 2700 packages of Maggi noodles have been tested so far, all of which have levels of lead far exceeding what is allowed.
Nestle has failed to make a public statement except to say that they have ‘stringent’ testing programs of their own. Is that like Monsanto telling us that GMOs are safe?
I hope India wins their case. Someone needs to take down the companies who are run by greedy CEOs who wouldn’t eat the very products they sell if they were starving in one of India’s slums.
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Thanks for the article. I wasn’t aware that Nestle was being sued for selling lead-laced noodles.
I saw a video a while back of one of Nestle’s high muckety-mucks saying how very ‘reasonable’ it was that Nestle should own all the world’s water and sell it at very high prices – to, we assume, folks that Nestle found ‘worthy.’ His level of psychotic disregard for humanity was chilling.
I knew that Nestle sold contaminated baby formula, but I didn’t know it was selling befouled noodles as well.
Why don’t you get back on your knees and resume blowing your pledge master, frat boy.
I’m not surprised by this — Nestlé is headquartered in Switzerland, and Switzerland is easily one of the most rabidly racist Germanist nations on earth. Their people love to spread all over the planet and take over entire nations, bringing ruination to brown-skinned people everywhere. Just look at one of theirs did to the people of Guatemala:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wX0GUJC_14
america and israel are worse, I can assure you.
Funny you should say that. Are they worse than how Arab Muslims treat non-Arab Muslims, as shown in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW3HLvz0eqk
The arrogance of it all before the last trumpet sounds precedent upon precedent Hidden things being announced with dark acts attached within them
The only way to get rid of Greedy, Dishonest, Unethical Corporations is to STOP buying their products.
Our wallets will speak Loud and Clear!
Don’t buy their products. Even if you think that the price is good, you will pay the price with your health.