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FDA finds fungus, live larvae in kaju katli at Reliance store
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected a Reliance Retail outlet at ARD Cinemall in Thane, Maharashtra, on August 8 following a complaint about Laxmi Narayan brand kaju katli. Inspectors found fungus…
The Story in Brief
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected a Reliance Retail outlet at ARD Cinemall in Thane, Maharashtra, on August 8 following a complaint about Laxmi Narayan brand kaju katli. Inspectors found fungus and live larvae in the sweet. Separately, FDA officials also detected a large cockroach infestation in vegetable and fruit storage areas at a Blinkit facility in Mumbai, seizing 54 boxes of kaju katli from the same brand. Both Reliance Retail and Blinkit are part of the Reliance group.
The Indian Opinion
It is easy to blame Reliance alone for this lapse, but the rot runs deeper. Cases like these show how quality checks often fail across Indian food supply chains, not just at big retail chains. Consumers, paying premium prices, expect basic hygiene. Yet regulators routinely act only after complaints go viral. Will this force companies to invest in real-time monitoring rather than just damage-control PR? Or will we see another case that stirs outrage and then vanishes, like the flies that landed on that kaju katli, buzzing loud for a moment and then gone?
Sources (4): ndtvprofit.com, ndtvprofit.com (2), ndtv.com, ndtvprofit.com (3)
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Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
