The apex food regulator has reviewed the action taken by leading food aggregators such as Zomato, Swiggy, Uber Eats and Foodpanda with regard to delisting of non-compliant hotels/restaurants.
FSSAI in a statement said that the food delivery aggregators informed that they have already initiated action against the defaulting partner hotels/restaurants.
Zomato has delisted 2,500, Swiggy 4,000, Foodpanda 1,800, and Uber Eats 2,000 partner hotels/restaurants from their respective platforms.
These food aggregators have been directed to share the list of delisted hotels/restaurants so that action can be initiated against the defaulters under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the statement added.
FSSAI has also shared a checklist of compliance for hotels/restaurants to be used by them in their internal food safety audits. Zomato and Swiggy have conducted internal food safety audits of some of their partner hotels/restaurants accordingly.
The food delivery aggregators have also come together for training and certification of supervisors of hotels/restaurants.
Meanwhile the list of delisted hotels/restaurants would be shared with state enforcement machinery for the action against non-compliant FBOs as per the provisions laid down under the FSS Act, 2006.
Earlier, FSSAI had directed these e-commerce food delivery platforms to delist their partner hotels/restaurants running without FSSAI licence/registration by September 30, 2018.
