Alert- Banned food items available online: FSSAI action on 5 online platforms including Amazon-Flipkart; accused of misleading people

Alert- Banned food items available online: FSSAI action on 5 online platforms including Amazon-Flipkart; accused of misleading people

Hindi News Business FSSAI Action Against Amazon, Flipkart & Others | Misleading Claims Probe New Delhi8 minutes ago copy link If you also order food items through mobile app, then be careful. Government agency FSSAI has started legal action against 5 big companies like Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket, Flipkart and Zepto. These companies are accused…

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Bengaluru Woman Orders Cake, Gets ‘Free’ Fruit — Mother Falls Ill After Eating It; FDA Leaps Into Action

Bengaluru Woman Orders Cake, Gets ‘Free’ Fruit — Mother Falls Ill After Eating It; FDA Leaps Into Action

News cities bengaluru-news Bengaluru Woman Orders Cake, Gets ‘Free’ Fruit — Mother Falls Ill After Eating It; FDA Leaps Into Action Last Updated:August 27, 2026, 12:01 AM IST A ‘free’ fruit in a Bengaluru grocery order sent a woman to hospital. Now, an FDA probe has uncovered a troubling trail of poisonous datura being sold…

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Karnataka suspends food licences of Amazon, Instamart, BigBasket over sale of toxic fruit

Karnataka suspends food licences of Amazon, Instamart, BigBasket over sale of toxic fruit

Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FDA) has ordered the suspension of food licences issued to Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket until further orders over the online sale of poisonous Datura (Dhatura) fruits and seeds. The action follows a departmental probe that found Datura fruits and seeds being offered on the platforms for food and…

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‘Rotten Eggs, Expired Mixture’: FSSAI Issues 9 Notices To Swiggy Instamart Over Food Safety Issues

‘Rotten Eggs, Expired Mixture’: FSSAI Issues 9 Notices To Swiggy Instamart Over Food Safety Issues

Last Updated:July 11, 2026, 4:34 PM IST Several consumer complaints flagged the “supply of expired, spoiled, rotten, contaminated, and otherwise unsafe food products supplied through Swiggy Instamart” FSSAI issues 9 notices to Swiggy Instamart after complaints regarding expired, spoiled, contaminated products | Image for representation The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has…

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Order Food, Shop, Book Tables Via AI: What Swiggy’s New Move Means For Users

Order Food, Shop, Book Tables Via AI: What Swiggy’s New Move Means For Users

On most evenings, the hardest part of dinner isn’t cooking. It’s deciding. Scroll through a food delivery app long enough, and convenience gives way to fatigue: endless cuisines, discounts that blur into each other, and ratings that all seem equally convincing. Even grocery shopping, once a predictable household routine, now involves hundreds of brands, pack…

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The business model of Quick Commerce did not change: Companies removed the branding of only 10 minutes delivery, everything else remained the same.

The business model of Quick Commerce did not change: Companies removed the branding of only 10 minutes delivery, everything else remained the same.

The quick commerce sector worth around Rs 1 lakh crore has changed a bit. Due to the Centre’s tough stance, platforms like Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart and Flipkart Minutes have removed the ’10-minute delivery’ claim from their branding. However, their business methods have not changed. Now companies are insisting on showing the distance (eg: the…

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Rs 3 Refund For Expired Ice Cream? Viral Reddit Post Sparks Debate On Customer Service

Rs 3 Refund For Expired Ice Cream? Viral Reddit Post Sparks Debate On Customer Service

In the age of 10-minute deliveries and hyper-convenient shopping, consumers expect trust from online platforms. Yet, nothing frustrates a customer more than receiving an expired or unsafe product and getting inadequate support when they try to report it. This very issue has now ignited debate online after a viral Reddit post accused Swiggy of offering…

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Swiggy, Tourism Western Australia Launch Quokka-Themed Campaign For Indian Travellers

Swiggy, Tourism Western Australia Launch Quokka-Themed Campaign For Indian Travellers

Swiggy has partnered with Tourism Western Australia (TWA) to promote Western Australia as a holiday destination for Indian travellers, launching a Quokka-themed campaign across the Swiggy and Instamart apps on World Tourism Day. The campaign uses the quokka – often called “the world’s happiest animal” – as a mascot across the apps, appearing on order-tracking…

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