If that weren’t enough, we have the usual innuendo, false leaks and speculation by government officials hiding behind anonymity. One hinted that Maggi was in a big hurry to destroy its stock. Isn’t this amazing? Food products have limited shelf-life. Did the official expect Nestlé to hire godowns to stash the noodles in the hope that government would do an about-turn and allow the noodles to go back on the shop-shelves? Another said that product recalls happen around the world and it should not cause fear psychosis. True. But the recall happens after a fair and swift investigation; isolation of affected batches (in this case, if there were any with excess lead) and the labelling issue (such as the Maggi claim that no mono sodium glutamate—MSG —was added) should have been taken up separately for disciplinary action and penalty after a fair hearing. Here, the government mixed two issues to create a serious scare among parents. In fact, FSSAI should tell us how long Maggi tastemaker packets have been carrying the ‘No MSG’ claim. 
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Each proprietary food need prior approval for safety, which is expensive.
Every transporter of food must have a food license, which is unimplementable. The drug and cosmetic act does not require that transports of drug need to have drug license.
FSSAI must focus on hygiene. The old food law prohibited any food seller from serving/packing food in printed newspapers etc. However across India this practice is still prevalent.
Totally agree with the article and Nestle episode only shows that Make in India is starting on the wrong foot.