The Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) seized medicines worth ₹ 4,02,352 from two unlicensed e-commerce storage facilities, and in a separate inspection, found 40 bottles of expired soft drinks and pest infestation at Bengaluru’s Hockey Club, officials said on Sunday.
The drug seizures followed raids at the facilities in Thattanahalli in Anekal taluk and Aerospace in Devanahalli on Sunday, according to officials. The food safety inspection on Saturday at the Hockey Club, within Greater Bengaluru Authority limits, found violations involving expired products, food labelling, hygiene and pest control, they said.
Medicines valued at ₹ 2,45,352 were seized from the facility after they were found stored without a valid drug licence, the FDA said in a release. A separate team led by Vibha, drugs inspector, Bangalore Rural, inspected the M/s Amazon facility at Aerospace in Devanahalli and seized medicines worth ₹ 1,57,000 from the unlicensed premises, the release said. Meanwhile, the food safety inspection at the Hockey Club found 40 bottles of expired soft drinks in storage, along with soda bottles whose labelling did not meet requirements prescribed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), officials said.
At Thattanahalli, a team led by Manohar, assistant drugs controller with the state intelligence branch, and regional drugs inspectors searched the premises of M/s Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd. The inspection report also recorded unhygienic conditions in areas used for preparing and storing food.
The department said the operations were based on “precise intelligence regarding major compliance breaches” and described the raids as a “swift and coordinated crackdown on the illegal storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals”. Officials found pest infestation in food preparation areas and said the presence of pests had created conditions that could lead to contamination.
