Maggi – the two minutes instant noodles is undoubtedly an all-time favourite of kids across the North East along with the rest of the country. Most of the eateries in the mountainous tourist spots of the North East –be it Sikkim or Meghalaya or Arunachal Pradesh serve piping hot Maggi to the tourists – a staple to these regions. Not only Maggi, they also love many other such instant noodles.  But now people will have to be wary. Parents and guardians have to be extra careful while dishing out the favourite instant noodles to small children.

The multi-national giant Nestle, which is minting in million through their Maggi products have shamelessly admitted on Thursday that the world’s most favourite instant noodles has lead in it. The matter came to light when the Supreme Court on Thursday took up the Centre’s Rs 640-crore class action suit which was lying dormant for over three years in the National Consumers Forum against Nestle India for selling Maggi allegedly lead laced. The apex court on Thursday lifted a stay on the proceedings of the suit filed by the Central Government against the maker of Maggi noodles in the consumer court.The company on Thursday admitted to the presence of lead in its popular noodles. This is not the first time the Maggi noodles came under suspicion. It was banned for more than two years. Yet it made a re-entry. But now we know it it is poisonous..or shall we say slow poisoning with its lead content and hundreds of our children in Arunachal Pradesh eat the noodles as also others coming from Myanmar. Let us save our children.