Manipur Forest Department writes to Nestle over 'factual error' on the chocolate wrapper of KitKat

Imphal: The people of Manipur were not too happy when they saw the location of Keibul Lamjao National Park mentioned as Meghalaya instead of Manipur. This had happened when food and beverage giant Nestle got it wrong on the wrappers of the company's popular chocolate brand KitKat.

KitKat is a chocolate-covered wafer produced globally by Nestle.

The Manipur forest department has written a letter to Nestle on Thursday over the "factual error" on the wrapper of KitKat. The Keibul Lamjao National Park is actually located at Moirang in Manipur.

The letter has been addressed to Suresh Narayanan, CMD of Nestle India.

"I am writing to you to point out a serious factual error regarding one of your products. We have come across a wrapping paper for KitKat chocolate which mentions the name of "Keibul Lamjao National Park" but indicates its location in Meghalaya, which is grossly incorrect," Dr A K Joshi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), Manipur wrote in the letter.

Joshi also pointed out that the picture displayed over the words "Keibul Lamjao National Park" is of Red Panda, which is not found in the national park.

"This appears to be an irresponsible act on the part of Nestle company, which has apparently allowed this without verifying the facts," wrote Dr Joshi.

The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest has requested the company to correct the error immediately.

"I hope you agree with me that this is not acceptable under any circumstances. I trust that you will deal with this issue at the earliest possible. I also hope that you will take necessary precautions to prevent such incidents in the future," wrote Dr Joshi.

Keibul Lamjao National Park is the only floating national park in the world. The park is situated towards the south-western part of the world-famous Loktak Lake in the Bishnupur district.

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