Key events in the Maggi affair
On June 5, India’s food regulator, the FSSAI, ordered nine lines of Maggi, the Nestlé noodle brand that dominates the market, to be removed from shelves in India.
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Dateline Southeast Asia
EU and Vietnam close to concluding a free-trade agreement
Maggi given all clear by high court pending further tests
The Bombay high court has ruled that the chief executive of India’s food regulator, the FSSAI, had “acted in an emergent, drastic and arbitrary” fashion in ordering Nestlé to withdraw its popular Maggi noodles from the shelves in June.
India
Nestlé sued for $99m in government class action over Maggi noodles
Nestlé India has voiced its disappointment at the “unprecedented step” by the Indian government of going to the courts to seek nearly US$100m in damages for “unfair trade practices” in the wake of the Maggi noodles affair.
Organic meat demand soars in China
Demand for organic-certified meat is reaching fever pitch in China, with local firms battling for sales to consumers still worried about food safety, and a high-profile spat between two meat firms engaged in the trade.
Analysis
As Maggi affair nears a conclusion, questions need to be asked
Over the last few days it feels like we’ve written about little more than the Maggi noodles affair in India. Thankfully it is now reaching a conclusion. But still it raises some vitally important questions that must surely be addressed.
India court lifts Maggi ban but orders further tests
The ban on Maggi noodles has been lifted by an Indian court but more testing must be done before it is allowed to return to the market.