U.K. FSA Seeks Tests on Nestle’s Maggi Noodles After India Probe

The U.K.’s Food Standards Agency has requested tests on Nestle SA’s Maggi noodles, extending a food safety crisis that has engulfed the world’s biggest food maker.

The FSA is working with the European Commission to investigate reports of high lead levels in Maggi’s noodles sold in India, it said in a statement Friday. A Nestle spokeswoman said the U.K. testing is a “precautionary measure.”