Indian food regulator acts against major delivery platforms
India’s food safety regulator has initiated action against Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy Instamart, Zepto and BigBasket. The cited issues include misbranding, misleading claims and the sale or display of prohibited or poisonous food products on the platforms.
India’s food safety regulator has initiated action against several major online retail and delivery platforms. The companies named are Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy Instamart, Zepto and BigBasket. The regulator cited alleged violations involving food products offered or displayed through the platforms.
Those violations include misbranding, misleading claims and the sale or display of prohibited or poisonous food articles, according to the supplied material. The source does not specify the individual products involved, the locations of the alleged violations or the form of action taken against each company. It also does not state whether penalties have been imposed.
The available information contains no response from the companies and does not indicate whether the regulator has set a deadline for corrective measures. The action concerns the presentation and availability of food items through the named platforms.
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