Maha FDA Shuts Down Blinkit's Pune Dark Store

SAFETY VIOLATION

- FE BUREAU

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the closure of a dark store of quick commerce platform Blinkit in Pune's Balewadi for operating without a mandatory food safety license, people familiar with the matter said.

This comes at a time when the food authorities have stepped up the surveillance of dark stores for safety standards among quick commerce firms.

According to the order, the facility, located near Mitcon College in Balewadi and operated by Energy Darkstore Services, was inspected on June 5 following a consumer food safety complaint.