Inspection At Zomato's Hyderabad Warehouse Found Future Labelled Food Packages

A recently conducted raid at Zomato 's Hyderabad warehouse by food safety officials spotted 18 kilograms of button mushroom, which were labelled as packed on October 30, 2024, meanwhile the inspection itself was conducted on October 29, as per media reports. 

The warehouse known as an FBO (Food Business Operator) operating with a state license was located in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. FBOs are known for supplying fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, gourmet foods, packaging, kitchen essentials, and consumables, to hotels, restaurants, and caterers.

A "future date of packing" is a serious food safety violation, and this came ahead of Diwali festivities, which will send people storming towards at sweet shops, a momo outlet, and shawarma units in certain places after health complaints.

The officials even found house flies inside the warehouse and noted it didn't have a proper insect-proof screen with few of the food handlers not wearing hair caps and aprons.

All these findings come after the task force in June this year, raided a Blinkit warehouse ( Zomato owns quick commerce platform BlinkIt) at Devar Yamjal in the Madkhal Malkajgiri District near Hyderabad, finding unhygienic premises, expired items, and food that was possibly infested, among several other issues.

Blinkit said, “We take safety and hygiene standards very seriously. We are closely working with our warehouse partner and the Food Safety Department to implement corrective actions from the findings,” citing an NDTV report.