Flipkart—Telangana suspended FSSAI licence of a Flipkart Minutes dark store over expired food and unhygienic conditions
Telangana's food safety authority (TG SAFE) inspected 16 quick-commerce dark stores across Hyderabad on September 30, 2026, and suspended the FSSAI licence of a Flipkart (Instakart Services) outlet near Charminar after finding expired and damaged food products, rotten vegetables, rusted and dusty shelves, food stored alongside non-food items, and poor cold-room temperature monitoring. Two more Flipkart dark stores in the same sweep received improvement notices and two received show-cause notices for comparable violations. The same inspection drive also suspended licences at Swiggy Instamart and Zepto dark stores.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Protection | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.295 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)× agency (negligent ×0.5)
Evidence (1 signal)
Telangana food safety teams inspect 16 quick-commerce dark stores, suspend four FSSAI licences including a Flipkart Minutes outlet
TG SAFE's inspection of 16 Hyderabad quick-commerce dark stores on September 30, 2026 found expired food, rotten vegetables and poor cold-storage control at Flipkart's (Instakart Services) outlet near Charminar, leading to a licence suspension; several more Flipkart stores received improvement or show-cause notices.