📢 *Government Cracks Down on Quick Commerce Over Food Safety Violations* 🚫 *A) Increased Scrutiny & Inspections* 1. *FSSAI*-led crackdown on quick commerce firms due to *hygiene and food safety issues* in dark stores. 2. Nationwide surprise *inspections* to be conducted at *storage and warehouse facilities*. 3. *Trigger:* Raids at Zepto & Blinkit warehouses by Maharashtra FDA i) *Suspended the food license of Zepto’s Dharavi dark store.* Violations *found* included *fungal growth on food items* , wet/dirty floors, *stagnant water,* improper cold storage, and *expired items mixed with fresh stock .* ii) Maharashtra FDA also closed a *Blinkit dark store* in *Pune’s Balewadi* for *operating without a licence* and poor hygiene Similar violations were earlier reported in Telangana at Blinkit warehouses.