Blinkit, a company that delivers food items in 10 minutes, is under question. Actually, the Food Safety Department has raided Blinkit’s warehouse in an area of Hyderabad. During the raid, the Food Safety Department found that many safety measures were not being followed in the warehouse. Let us tell you that Blinkit is a company of food aggregator platform Zomato.
What did the department say?
According to the Food Safety Department, Blinkit’s lack of hygiene protocols was discovered during the raid. Along with this, expired food items were also found on the site. Food Safety Commissioner posted on X (formerly Twitter) – Products manufactured under Kamakshi Foods license were found expired. Semolina, raw peanut butter, flour, poha, gram flour and millet have been seized. These products are worth around Rs 30,000.
The department also suspects that other items like whole ragi (finger millet) flour and toor dal worth Rs 52,000 were also infected. The commissioner said in his post that these products were confiscated and the samples were sent to the laboratory for testing. Furthermore, department officials found that the campus was very untidy and unhygienic. Besides this, the storage racks were also full of dust.
What did the company say
Blinkit spokesperson told Moneycontrol – We take safety and hygiene standards very seriously. We are working closely with our warehouse partners and the food safety department to implement corrective actions. Let us tell you that Blinkit works in many Indian cities. It is famous for delivering orders within 10 minutes. These deliveries are made through dark stores, which are usually 2,500-3,500 square feet warehouses in and around residential areas.
