Mumbai: The Maharashtra government was going to file an appeal against the Bombay High Court's order lifting ban on Maggi noodles, state food and civil supplies minister Girish Bapat said today.

The ban should stay, he said. "Sample reports received from government laboratories had mentioned lead traces. We imposed the ban to prevent any health problems for the consumers," Bapat said. Karnataka and Gujarat had yesterday revoked ban on manufacture and sale of Nestle India's popular instant food brand.