Amid growing health concerns, the sale of Maggi instant noodles has taken a hit with grocery shops and chains like Big Bazaar removing it from their shelves.

This follows a recall order for a particular batch of Maggi noodles by the Uttar Pradesh Food and Drugs Authority in April this year, after allegations that its samples were found to have higher-than-permissible levels of lead.
Rameshwari Devi, a homemaker in Noida, said, "It was a quick fix snack for my kids, especially when they were very hungry after school but now I cannot take their health for granted."
These developments have also come as a rude shock to hosteler’s for whom Maggi noodles were a go-to-food, especially at odd hours. Varun Mithani, a hosteller and college student in Delhi University, said, "They were the easiest to cook, very affordable for us. We now have to search for alternatives if they aren’t safe."
B.K. Mishra, a distributor, said, "I used to supply 100,000 packets of Maggi noodles every day to shops in and around Noida. But we have completely stopped supplies since the past three days."
Akshay Kumar, who owns a grocery shop in the southern quarters of New Delhi, said, "For us, 80% of noodles sales were from Maggi alone. But now no one buys them. So, we are returning the stocks."
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Source-Medindia