Madhuri Dixit is in legal trouble because of Maggi!

Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit has landed in soup because of favourite two minute noodles-Maggi.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Uttarakhand has sent a notice to Madhuri for endorsing Maggi noodles, which is under scanner for high content of lead and Mono Sodium glutamate.

The administration has asked Madhuri, 48, to reply within 15 days on an advertisement in which she talks about the nutrition value of Maggi noodles.

The FDA has also asked her explain the basis of her claims in the ad.

Food Security Officer Mahimanand Joshi said if she fails to respond to the notice within the stipulated time frame, a case could be registered against her.

A huge furore broke out on April 30 when the food authorities in Lucknow asked Nestle to recall one batch of Maggi noodles after tests showed it contained seven times higher levels of lead than permissible and traces of Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG) and high amounts of lead, more than the permissible limits that could cause harm to organs in our body.

Nestle defended it saying, the batch was manufactured in February 2014 and had reached the best-before date in November. One batch contains about 200,000 packs.

As per a news report in The Economic Times the company has said its practice is to collect stock near the expiry date from distributors and retailers.

The company told the ET, it doesn't add MSG to Maggi noodles sold in India and this is stated on the product. "However, we use hydrolysed groundnut protein, onion powder and wheat flour to make Maggi noodles sold in India, which all contain glutamate. We believe that the authorities' tests may have detected glutamate, which occurs naturally in many foods," the company said.




(Image: Indiatimes) (Video: Nestle)