Karnataka Suspends Food Licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket Over Datura Listings
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Karnataka's Food Safety Department suspends food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket for listing datura fruits/seeds as edible products, citing severe health risks.
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Datura, a poisonous plant, was listed as a food product on the platforms.
Karnataka's Food Safety and Drugs Administration Department has suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBasket after datura fruits and seeds were found listed as food products.
The department ordered the immediate removal of such listings and cessation of datura sales for human consumption, citing severe health risks, including coma and death.
Datura, known as Thorn Apple, is a poisonous medicinal plant. The action follows the discovery of these toxic items being offered as edible on the platforms.
The suspension continues until further orders. The companies must also stop distributing datura as a food product.
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