Nestle has pulled its Maggi instant noodles from store shelves after several states in India banned the iconic snack, citing lead contamination. The company’s India branch announced the ...

Indian shopkeepers withdrew a popular brand of Nestle instant noodles from their shelves Wednesday after tests revealed the snack contained unsafe levels of lead. India's states have either ...

Maggi originated in Switzerland, was later acquired by the Swiss-owned Nestlé, and began import to India in 1983, just 36 years after the country became independent from colonial British rule.

Billions of Maggi packets are sold every year in more than 100 countries, but perhaps nowhere are they cherished more than in India, where the piping-hot, ready-in-two-minutes noodles are a ...

Maggi noodles have been Nestlé's fastest-selling food item in India. The company's stock tumbled about 10 percent today on the Bombay Stock Exchange, its biggest drop in nine years.

Agence France-Presse reported Monday that $50 million worth of Maggi Noodles, the beloved Indian instant noodle, would be destroyed by their maker, Nestlé, for failing to comply with India's food ...