Archive · 9 Sep 2026
Bengaluru Food Safety Drive Seizes ₹1.38 Crore From Online Warehouses
Food-safety officials checked warehouses and shops in Bengaluru.
They looked for food with wrong labels or expired dates.
They also checked whether medicines were stored with the licences required by law.
Officials said they seized food worth ₹1.38 crore and medicines worth ₹4.02 lakh.
Two Amazon facilities were among the places inspected.
Expired food was also found at Saptha Bazaar, Leo 7 Enterprises and a Swiggy Instamart facility.
Leo 7 Enterprises was sealed, and the Hoskote facility was closed.
Officials said the Hoskote site had unhygienic conditions and possible rule violations.
Some products worth about ₹1 crore were still being examined.
The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration seized food worth ₹1.38 crore for alleged expiry or inadequate labelling during Bengaluru inspections.
Medicines valued at ₹4.02 lakh were also seized over alleged storage without required licences.
Amazon facilities in Devanahalli and Anekal accounted for ₹56 lakh in seized food and ₹4.02 lakh in medicines.
Officials sealed Leo 7 Enterprises and closed a Swiggy Instamart facility in Hoskote after reporting expired food, unhygienic conditions or other violations.
The department said products worth about ₹1 crore at Hoskote remained under investigation, while a separate summary listed ₹98.10 lakh as confirmed food seizures.
- Who
- The Karnataka Food Safety and Drugs Administration, under Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader, conducted the inspections.
- What
- Officials seized expired or near-expiry and incorrectly labelled food, along with medicines allegedly stored without required licences.
- When
- The inspections were reported on Monday and Tuesday; the specific inspection dates were not stated.
- Where
- The inspections covered Bengaluru and nearby locations including Devanahalli, Anekal, HBR Layout, Lingarajapuram and Hoskote.
- Why
- Officials were checking food labelling, manufacturing and expiry dates, shelf life, other safety standards and medicine-storage licences. One report said the drive followed information linked to a planned peptide party.
- Reported food seizure
- ₹33 lakh in incorrectly or inadequately labelled food and ₹1.05 crore in expired or near-expiry food, totalling ₹1.38 crore.
- Medicines seized
- Medicines worth ₹4.02 lakh were seized over alleged storage without required licences.
- Amazon Devanahalli
- The BLR6 facility had ₹14 lakh in inadequately labelled food, ₹10 lakh in expired food and medicines worth ₹2,45,352 seized.
- Amazon Anekal
- The BLR7 facility had ₹19 lakh in inadequately labelled food, ₹13 lakh in expired food and medicines worth ₹1.57 lakh seized.
- Leo 7 Enterprises
- Officials reported expired or near-expiry products worth approximately ₹56 lakh and sealed the Lingarajapuram premises.
- Hoskote Instamart
- Expired food worth ₹42 lakh was seized, the facility was closed, and products worth about ₹1 crore remained under investigation.
- Confirmed-total discrepancy
- A separate department summary listed ₹33 lakh in mislabelled food and ₹65.10 lakh in expired food, or ₹98.10 lakh confirmed food seizures.
Sources
Expired, mislabelled food worth Rs 1.38 cr seized in Bengaluru
Bengaluru food safety crackdown: ₹1.38 crore expired, mislabelled food seized from Amazon, Instamart
Expired, mislabelled food products & medicines worth over Rs 1.4 crore seized in Bengaluru
Expired, Mislabelled Food Worth Rs 1.38 Cr Seized in Bengaluru
