Will cooperate with what the law says: Bachchan on Maggi

Source: PTI

June 03, 2015 16:54 IST

As the controversy surrounding Maggi deepens, Amitabh Bachchan -- one of the three actors, who featured in an advertisement said that he will cooperate with the law.

A district court had directed the police to register an FIR against Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta on June 2.

But Bachchan added that he hadn't received any notice in connection with the product that he "stopped promoting" two years ago.

Nestle India has been at the receiving end with several state governments ordering tests following reports of high lead and monosodium glutamate (MSG) content in Maggi noodles.

"I have not received any notice. As soon as I get it, I will put it up to my lawyers and we will fully cooperate with what

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the law says. I would also like to add that I stopped endorsing Maggi two years ago. I don't endorse Maggi anymore now. So, I have not been associated with the product," Bachchan said.

Earlier, in an interview Bachchan had said that he was always extra cautious in endorsing food items and had a special clause in his contract.

Zinta, who endorsed the brand 12 years ago, took to Twitter to address the controversy for the first time.

"Reading the news about me being sued for doing the Maggie commercial over 12 years ago? 12 years ago? How does that happen?" she wrote.

A probe has been expanded across the country following detection of monosodium glutamate and lead in excess of the prescribed limit in the noodles.

However, Nestle India claimed it has got samples tested in an external laboratory as well as in-house and that the product was found "safe to eat".

Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar