India’s Maharashtra state has intensified its crackdown on the food and grocery industries, suspending the permits of 12 warehouses of Indian grocery giants Eternal, Swiggy, and Zepto after finding cockroach infestations and other unhygienic conditions.
Food Safety Concerns
The state’s food safety chief, Tukaram Mundhe, has been leading the effort to improve food safety standards in the state. The latest raids targeting the “quick commerce” sector come after the state’s new food safety head shut some of Mumbai’s most popular eateries for poor hygiene.
Reports of food contamination are common in India’s local eateries, and Maharashtra’s drive and Mundhe are gathering social media attention because historically there has been little enforcement of food safety standards.
The state’s FDA said in a statement that it had inspected 86 establishments, issued 60 “improvement notices”, and suspended the permits of five warehouses of Eternal’s Blinkit, five of Zepto’s, and two of Swiggy’s Instamart.
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