Food Manifest 
Key Update The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stepped up food-safety enforcement across the state, bringing several major retail and quick-commerce operations under scrutiny. The latest actions involve Blinkit, Zepto, Reliance Retail and Amazon, with officials flagging issues ranging from pest infestation and expired food to poor storage, temperature control and hygiene. The
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Significant Update Food safety teams from the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) inspected Zepto’s Narsingi facility in Hyderabad and found several hygiene and compliance violations. The officials directed the Food Business Operator (FBO) to temporarily stop accepting customer orders, carry out thorough cleaning and corrective measures, and restart operations only after meeting food safety requirements. Inspection
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Key Update The Hyderabad Food Administration and Safety Task Force (H-FAST) has taken action against multiple food businesses after uncovering serious food safety and hygiene violations during inspections conducted on June 29 and 30. The enforcement drive targeted a Zepto dark store in Mallepally, a paratha manufacturing unit in Tadban, and a chicken outlet in
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Key Update A consumer has alleged that she found plastic-like material inside eggs purchased through the online delivery platform Zepto. The issue came to light after Shalini shared a video on Instagram describing her experience. In the video, she claimed that when she boiled eggs of the Eggos Everyday brand, she noticed thread-like, noodle-shaped strands
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Key Update The Telangana Food Safety Department conducted a two-day special enforcement drive across warehouses operated by leading e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms, including Zepto, Reliance JioMart, Blinkit, BigBasket, Zomato, Swiggy, Flipkart, Amazon and several local operators. The inspection, held on November 25 and 26, aimed to assess how these rapidly growing supply chains are storing
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Key Update Zepto, one of India’s fastest-growing quick commerce platforms, recently conducted a large-scale food safety training session in Mumbai as part of its Zepto Sankalp Programme. The event, held at The Rangaswar Hall, Yashwantrao Chavan Centre, Nariman Point, brought together hundreds of food handlers, including last-mile delivery partners and pickers from its city operations.
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