Food safety drive: Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of 14 Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart outlets
Inspectors found hygiene and storage lapses, and the FDA also issued 60 improvement notices and ordered one facility to stop operations.
- On Friday, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration suspended 14 licences for quick-commerce establishments linked to Blinkit, Zepto, and Instamart after a statewide inspection drive uncovered multiple food safety and hygiene violations.
- Inspectors identified widespread shortcomings across 86 facilities, including inadequate cold-chain maintenance, pest infestations, and failure to ensure around 40 food handlers underwent mandatory medical examinations.
- At a Blinkit outlet in Malad West, Mumbai, inspectors found chiller temperatures at 6 degrees Celsius; 125 delivery riders in Karad lacked medical fitness records and identification cards.
- Separately, the FDA suspended four Domino's Pizza licences on Tuesday, as Food Safety Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe warned that strict legal action against businesses compromising public health will continue.
- The department initiated penalty proceedings under Section 69 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, while citizens can report suspected unsafe food through the 24-hour helpline.
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