Food safety violations found at quick commerce warehouse, Indira Canteens
Food safety officials in Bengaluru have sealed a quick commerce warehouse and an Indira Canteen kitchen due to hygiene and labeling violations. Inspections were conducted under the Food Safety and Standards Act to ensure public health compliance.
Why it matters
It highlights ongoing regulatory efforts to maintain food safety standards in both private quick-commerce sectors and public-funded food programs.
Food safety officials have found violations ranging from non-compliant labelling and misbranding to unhygienic handling and storage conditions at a quick commerce platform’s warehouse in Bengaluru Rural and three Indira Canteens in Bengaluru Urban. The warehouse and the storage facility at one of the canteens were sealed following inspections.
The Food Safety division of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department conducted separate special inspection drives at the warehouse in Hoskote taluk, Bengaluru Rural district, and at the main kitchens and food preparation units of the Indira Canteens at Gottigere, Lingarajapuram and Singasandra.
Officials inspected food quality, storage, labelling and handling practices at the establishments under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the relevant regulations.
At the warehouse, officials found non-compliant labelling, misbranding and unhygienic food handling and storage conditions, besides other violations of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) requirements.
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