Indian state food safety authority names Reliance, Blinkit executives in expired food probe
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- ✓India’s food safety authority named Reliance and Blinkit executives in a probe over expired food products on Oct 17.
- ✓Officials said companies could not prove they destroyed old stock.
- ✓Maharashtra FDA chief Tukaram Mundhe said, "No company, brand, business or individual is above the law when it comes to food safety."
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- India Economy
NEW DELHI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - India's food safety authority has named officials of Reliance retail and consumer units and of Eternal’s Blinkit and Hyperpure units, including Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa, in a probe over expired food products that have allegedly re-entered the food supply chain, according to case documents reviewed by Reuters.
The Food and Drug Administration of Maharashtra state, home to Mumbai, has led a crackdown on food safety under its chief Tukaram Mundhe, 51, including shutting down some of Mumbai’s most popular eateries as well as outlets of Domino’s and Pizza Hut for poor hygiene. The state agency has also suspended the permit of a McDonald’s outlet.
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