{
  "id": 15200565,
  "title": "Maha FDA names Blinkit's Dhindsa, Reliance officials in expired food probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/maha-fda-names-blinkits-dhindsa-reliance-officials-in-expired-food",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-17T12:50:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Standard IN",
    "slug": "business-standard-in",
    "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/maha-fda-names-blinkit-s-dhindsa-reliance-officials-in-expired-food-probe-126101700541_1.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "FIR against Reliance Consumer Products director, 9 others after FDA crackdown on expired food products",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/fir-against-reliance-consumer-products-director-9-others-after-fda",
        "published": "2026-10-17T05:07:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}