Karnataka Suspends Amazon, Instamart, BigBasket Food Licences Over Toxic Datura Listings

by · Inc42

SUMMARY

  • Karnataka has suspended the food licences and registrations of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket over listings offering poisonous Datura fruits and seeds for human consumption
  • The action intensifies regulatory scrutiny of ecommerce and quick commerce platforms over their responsibility to prevent unsafe products from being sold as food
  • The platforms must remove the listings and submit compliance reports before the authorities decide whether to revoke the suspensions