Maha FDA names Blinkit's Dhindsa, Reliance officials in expired food probe
In the case of a Zomato Hyperpure warehouse, a company representative named a contractor as its disposal agency which FDA officials could not trace, according to the documents
The Shanti Nagar police station in Thane has registered a first information report (FIR) against 10 individuals following a Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) crackdown on the sale of expired, damaged, and rejected food products. According to Live Mint and The Hindu, the action follows an FDA seizure of food stock worth ₹48 lakh during a multi-district operation.
The FIR, filed under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, names senior officials and employees from Reliance Consumer Products, Reliance Retail, Blinkit, and Zomato Hyperpure, alongside local suppliers and disposal agency operators.
The individuals named in the FIR include V Subramaniam and Ashok Kumar Singh of Reliance Consumer Products Ltd, Vijay Bhikaji Kharmale and Nilesh Ramdasrao Deshmukh of Reliance Retail Ltd, and Blinkit Commerce directors Arbinder Singh Dhinsa and Deepak Singh. Other named parties include Abid Shaikh from Zomato Hyperpure, Babar Miya Ahmed Siddiqui of B K Dispose, and suppliers Gulzar Abdul Khan, Chavindra, and Abdul Mobin Khan.
Business Standard IN reported that in the case involving a Zomato Hyperpure warehouse, officials were unable to trace a disposal agency named by a company representative.
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