Recalls current India chief Etienne Benet to Switzerland head office and appoints Suresh Narayanan– the first Indian to get this position after a gap of over 16 years
New Delhi : Battling the Maggi controversy, global giant Nestle today recalled its current India chief Etienne Benet to Switzerland head office and appointed Suresh Narayanan as his successor — the first Indian to get this position after a gap of over 16 years. Narayanan will take charge as the new Managing Director of Nestle India with effect from August.
The top-level change follows Nestle India being forced to recall its popular Maggi noodles from the market here though the company has challenged the food safety regulators’ orders in the Bombay High Court.
Narayanan, who had joined the Nestle Group in 1999 in India, is currently the Chairman and CEO of Nestle Philippines. From 2005 to 2008, he was the head of sales for Nestle’s South Asia region where he introduced major structural and strategic changes in sales and customer management.
Last month, Nestle India said that it was destroying Maggi noodles worth Rs 320 crore after it was banned by the safety regulator FSSAI due to presence of excess lead and taste enhancer monosodium glutamate.
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FSSAI drafts norms to regulate health/ food supplements
Food safety regulator FSSAI has come out with quality and safety norms to regulate food or health supplements, nutraceuticals, functional and dietary foods and has sought public comments.
At present, India does not have any kind of regulatory guidelines for monitoring such products. FSSAI said that no hormones or steroids or psychotropic ingredients should be added in these foods.
The labels should clearly mention the purpose, the target consumer group and the physiological or disease conditions which they address.
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