Nestlé India Ltd. reported a 60% drop in its net profit for the July to September period as its sales fell sharply after a scare over the safety of its Maggi instant noodles. The Indian arm of Nestlé SA said its profit slipped to 1.24 billion rupees ($19 million) in the last quarter, compared with 3.11 billion rupees a year earlier. Its revenue declined 32% to 17.36 billion rupees. "The Maggi issue disrupted business," the company said in a release to BSE, a Mumbai-based stock exchange. Export sales also decreased by 6.4% on the scare and lower sales to Nepal due to the blockage of the country's border with India in the last week of September, the company added. India's food-safety watchdog banned the sale of Maggi noodles in June, alleging the product contained impermissibly high-levels of lead. In response, the company recalled the popular noodles from shelves in India.