Maharashtra FDA will tighten warehouse inspections after the Bhiwandi case, forcing Amazon to document disposal and compliance upgrades.
This is a high-visibility test of food/consumer-goods compliance inside large e-commerce logistics, and it puts regulatory process under a microscope. The disposal order also signals the court’s priority: public safety first, litigation second.
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This is a high-visibility test of food/consumer-goods compliance inside large e-commerce logistics, and it puts regulatory process under a microscope. The disposal order also signals the court’s priority: public safety first, litigation second.
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The Bombay High Court ordered Amazon Retail India to hand over all expired and perished goods from its Bhiwandi warehouse in Maharashtra to the state FDA for scientific disposal. The court asked the FDA to file its reply by August 27 in Amazon’s challenge to the warehouse licence suspension. Amazon says FDA officers visited on June 24, suspended the licence on June 25 without an improvement notice, then issued a show-cause notice and cancelled the licence while an appeal was pending.
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Bombay High Court orders Amazon to hand over expired goods from Bhiwandi warehouse for disposal
Court directs scientific disposal via Maharashtra FDA as Amazon challenges licence suspension timeline and process.
