Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket until further orders after finding toxic datura fruits and seeds offered online as food products.
Officials said some of the packets carried food or FSSAI registration numbers, raising regulatory concerns under food safety rules.
The department also extended action to involved suppliers and vendors and ordered the platforms to remove the listings and stop sales.
Company representatives appeared before the adjudicating authority, but their responses were found unsatisfactory.
The reporting says the action was triggered after inspections and an inquiry into online listings, with one account noting the issue emerged from a resident’s social media post.
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All of the reporting agrees that Karnataka food safety authorities suspended or moved to suspend the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket after finding datura products listed online as food. The accounts also agree that company responses were judged unsatisfactory and that regulators ordered the listings removed.
What could still matter is the scope of follow-up compliance and whether the suspensions remain in force as the companies and suppliers respond. The reporting also leaves open the full details of how the listings were first identified, beyond the cited inspections and social-media trigger mentioned in one account.
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The Hindu reports that the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration Department has suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket until further orders for selling toxic Datura fruits and seeds online as food products. According to an order by Commissioner K. Srinivas, officials found packets carrying food registration numbers and deemed the sales a serious public health risk under food safety laws. Company representatives appeared before the adjudicating authority, but their responses were found unsatisfactory, prompting the suspension of licences for the platforms as well as involved suppliers and vendors.
The Deccan Herald reports that Karnataka's Food Safety and Drug Administration Department recommended suspending the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy, InstaMart, and BigBasket after finding them selling poisonous Dhatura fruits and seeds for human consumption. Sources stated the issue emerged from a social media post by a resident, prompting inspections of warehouses and online listings carrying FSSAI registration numbers. Representatives appeared before the FDA court where responses varied, leading authorities to order suspensions until full compliance is met.
The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration has ordered the suspension of food licences for Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket until further orders. A departmental probe found toxic datura fruits and seeds being offered on these platforms for human consumption, some bearing FSSAI licence numbers. The state directed the platforms to remove all such listings and halted vendor licences. Company responses during a hearing were deemed unsatisfactory by the FDA.
The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket over the online sale of poisonous datura fruits and seeds as food. An inquiry found the products listed for human consumption, sometimes with FSSAI numbers. The authority directed platforms to remove listings and suspended supplier licences. Regulators found company explanations unsatisfactory, leaving the food licence suspensions in force pending further compliance.
Karnataka food safety authorities have suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket following an inspection that revealed the online sale of poisonous datura fruits and seeds for human consumption. Officials reported that some packets carried FSSAI registration numbers, raising regulatory concerns. The platforms were ordered to remove listings and stop sales. Responses from the companies were deemed unsatisfactory by the regulator, and licences remain suspended pending compliance reports.