Need to destroy 550 tonnes of outdated Maggi stocks, Nestle tells SC
Sep 22, 2016, 14:04 IST
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As senior counsel Harish Salve moved the plea before a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice C. Nagappan, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) contended it needed to be consulted on this.
As the FSSAI counsel raised an earlier issue of the destruction of evidence by the Nestle, Salve told the court this was an old allegation that was raised before the High Court.
Salve told the bench that Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had in the early hearing said that he was not interested in these issues and was only interested in the declarations of law.
As lawyer for the FSSAI reiterated that he had to take instructions and Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi led the FSSAI before the court, the bench adjourned the hearing directing next hearing on September 30.