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FSSAI’s CEO G. A meeting was held on July 8 between Kamla Vardhan Rao and representatives of the e-commerce platform.
FSSAI i.e. Food Safety and Standard Authority of India has asked all e-commerce platforms working in India to strictly follow food safety and hygiene protocols.
Apart from this, the food regulator has asked the websites to display license and upload the date of warehouse online. At the same time, safety and hygiene training has also been ordered to the employees who handle food handle.
On Tuesday, representatives of FSSAI and more than 70 e-commerce platforms were united in Delhi on Tuesday. In this, the CEO of FSSAI said that the agreement with food security would not be tolerated. Strict action will be taken if the rules are violated.
- All the food handlers included in the supply chain will have to provide security protocols or facial identification training.
- The FSSAI license/registration number will have to be cleared clearly.
- The platforms will have to upload information about warehouses and storage facilities facilities on the FOSCOS portal.
License of Jepto and Blinkit suspended in Maharashtra and Pune
FSSAI has taken this step due to continuous food safety vigor by Quick Commerce Platform for some time. Last month, Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) suspended Jepto’s dark store in Dharavi and the license of the Blinkit store in Balewadi area of Pune.
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