Trouble is not over yet for Nestle India. After winning the long battle over Maggi noodles, now its pasta is blamed to be unsafe.

Its pasta products, sold under the brand name Maggi Pazzta are found to be carrying lead beyond permissible limits in tests carried out at state-owned food testing laboratory in Lucknow, India, reported Press Trust of India.

‘Pasta samples collected from Nestle distributor — Sriji Traders — on 10 June were sent to a government food testing laboratory in Lucknow, said Arvind Yadav, Designated Officer at Food and Drug Administration Mau.’

‘After Maggi, the sample of macroni pasta was taken from Mau and sent to National Food Analysis Laboratory, Lucknow, in which lead was found to be much more than the permissible limit,’ Yadav said.

The company however is saying that its products are safe to consume.

A spokesperson from Nestle India told the Business Standard: ‘Maggi Pazzta is 100 per cent safe. The finished product and the raw materials used undergo rigorous testing during every stage of manufacturing. We have seen reports claiming lead has been found in the product and we are investigating. We have not received any formal notification from the authorities in UP or from the FSSAI about such test results. We will work with the authorities to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.’