FSSAI issues notices to Swiggy Instamart for allegedly delivering spoiled, expired food products
The FSSAI has issued nine notices to Swiggy Instamart following consumer complaints regarding the delivery of spoiled, expired, and contaminated food products. The regulator is demanding a compliance report and explanation, citing concerns over seller onboarding and food safety standards.
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This highlights the regulatory challenges facing the quick-commerce industry as it scales and the potential risks to consumer health in the delivery ecosystem.
Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Saturday (July 11, 2026), said it has issued nine notices to Swiggy Instamart following several consumer complaints, including of alleged supply of rotten and expired food products by the platform. Instamart is the quick-commerce platform of Swiggy.
In a social media post on X, FSSAI said it has " issued nine notices to Swiggy Instamart following multiple consumer complaints alleging violations under the Food Safety Standard Act 2006". “Consumer complaints alleged the supply of expired, spoiled, rotten, contaminated and otherwise unsafe food products through Swiggy Instamart,” the regulator said.
The regulator has directed the platform to submit a detailed explanation and compliance report failing which appropriate legal action will be initiated.
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