Mumbai: Laboratory tests of Cadbury chocolates have shown presence of insects and Maharashtra government on October 6 said it will prosecute the company.

"The laboratory report is positive for the presence of two dead and one live insect," Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration Commissioner Uttam Khobargade told reporters.

"We will prosecute the chocolate manufacturing company - the Cadbury India Ltd," he said.

Khobargade met officials of the company after getting the lab reports.

On October 3, the FDA had seized Cadbury products from counters across the state following complaints of presence of live worms in the chocolate.

Consumers from suburban Andheri in North West Mumbai and from Pune had complained about some samples of the confectionery being infested with worms.

However, the company has denied the charge and maintained that its chocolates were of good quality and free from infestation.

PTI