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FIR against Snapdeal For Selling Maggi

By:  Tupaki Desk   |   4 Jan 2016 3:36 PM GMT
FIR against Snapdeal For Selling Maggi
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E-commerce major Snapdeal has landed in trouble. An FIR has been registered against the CEO and founder of Snapdeal for allegedly selling popular Maggi noodles online during the ban period.

Its known news that a ban was imposed on Maggi between June 7 and October 30 last year after officials of Safety and Standards Authority found high levels of lead in it..During the ban period snapdeal has allegedly sold Maggi online.On Sunday one Lalit Sharma, a Jaipur-based lawyer filed complaint against CEO of Snapdeal Kunal Bahl and its founder Rohit Bansal for online sale of Nestle's instant noodles in five states including Rajasthan.

Following the complaint police has registered an FIR under sections 420 ,120-B (criminal conspiracy), 272 (adulteration of food or drink intended for sale), 273 (sale of noxious food or drink) of the IPC.

Last June, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India had banned the popular noodles citing tests that deemed the instant noodles to contain "unsafe and hazardous" amounts of lead. Nestle had challenged the government ban in court and it revoked the ban on Maggi on October 19 paving the way for it to be back on shelves.The company has 80% of India's instant noodles market and it has already destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi products