In Mumbai, Cockroach Infestation At Blinkit Unit, Sweets Seized From Reliance Retail
Maharashtra food safety officials have suspended the license of a Blinkit facility in Mumbai due to severe cockroach infestation and unhygienic conditions. Additionally, Reliance Retail is under investigation after consumers reported finding fungus and worms in packaged sweets.
Why it matters
These incidents highlight the ongoing challenges of maintaining food safety standards in the rapidly expanding quick-commerce and retail sectors in India.
The food licence of a Blinkit facility has been suspended and a Reliance Retail outlet has come under the scanner in Mumbai following inspections by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The state FDA in a statement said the licence of the facility run by Blink Commerce Pvt Ltd was suspended after officials, during an inspection, found the place to be in an unhygienic condition and infested by cockroaches. These were serious violations of food safety rules, the FDA said.The FDA said its officials also took samples of 'kaju katli' from an outlet of Reliance Retail after it received a complaint that fungus and worms were found in the sweets. At least 54 boxes of 'kaju katli' weighing 11.
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