Datura sales: Karnataka suspends food licences of Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket
- Karnataka's Food Safety and Drugs Administration suspended the food licences of Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket over the online sale of Datura fruits and seeds for human consumption.
- The FDA found that poisonous Datura fruits and seeds were being listed on the platforms as food products, posing a potential public health risk.
- The department ordered Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket to immediately remove such listings and stop the sale, distribution and display of Datura products as food.
- BigBasket told the FDA that it had stopped the sale and would label future listings as not for human consumption, while Swiggy Instamart sought more time to submit documents on the action taken.
Source: indiatoday.in
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