In May 2015, the Food and Drug Administration representatives from Barabanki, a district of Uttar Pradesh, India stated that samples of the product Maggi 2-Minute Noodles had unusually excessive levels of lead.
[1][2][3][4][5] Some of India's biggest retailers (including Future Group's Big Bazaar, Easyday, and Nilgiris) imposed a nationwide ban on Maggi.
[22][23] Nepal indefinitely banned Maggi over concerns about the lead levels in the product.
[24] Maggi noodles were subsequently withdrawn from the market of five African nations: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Sudan.
[33] In India, Maggi products were returned to the shelves in November 2015,[34][35] accompanied by a Nestlé advertising campaign to win back the trust of members of the Indian community.