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Company that delivers food in 10 minutes Blinkit It is surrounded by questions. Actually, the Food Safety Department has raided the warehouse of Blinkit 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, during the raid, lack of hygiene protocols was observed in Blinkit. Along with this, expired food items were also found from the spot. The Food Safety Commissioner posted on X (earlier Twitter) – Kamakshi Foods products manufactured under license were found expired. Semolina, raw peanut butter, flour, poha, gram flour and millet have been seized. The cost of these products is around Rs 30,000.
The department also suspects that other items like whole ragi (finger millet) flour and tuvar dal worth Rs 52,000 were also infected. These products have been seized and samples have been sent to the laboratory for testing, the commissioner said in his post. Apart from this, the department officials found that the premises were very dirty and unhygienic. Apart from this, the storage racks were also full of dust.
what the company said
A Blinkit spokesperson told Moneycontrol- We take safety and hygiene standards very seriously. We are working with our warehouse partners and the food safety department to implement corrective measures. Let us tell you that Blinkit operates 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.
