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The Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration Department officially suspended Swiggy Instamart's food license over the sale and distribution of poisonous Datura seeds and fruits.

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Post: "Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration Department has officially suspended the food licences of Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, and BigBaske"

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Platforms were caught listing and distributing highly poisonous Datura seeds and fruits meant for human consumption. Ingestion of unpurified Datura can lead to a severe public health risk, including coma and death.

reddit.com/r/Bengaluru/comments/1vxq3xq/karnataka_food_safety_and_dru...Read the full source

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  • “The ban wasnt based on the expired food they would have stocked and the conditions of storage?”

    u/Creepy-Start-273370 points · Aug 25, 2026View

  • “Lol this will be reversed faster than ink dries on paper”

    u/sunset_short37 points · Aug 25, 2026View

  • “What people here might not understand is that poisonous things cannot be sold or should not be sold together with a food delivery or vegetable delivery. Someone can mistake this for things that can be eaten. Thus the ban. Pooja shops - OK Vegetable shop - Not OK”

    u/National_Laugh_830231 points · Aug 25, 2026View

  • “Datura buy to do the pooja”

    u/Primary-Scientist29516 points · Aug 25, 2026View

  • “Interesting - while datura is used in pujas, it's also a very dangerous and potent deliriant , worse than a psychidelic.”

    u/Prestigious_Air_155110 points · Aug 25, 2026View

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Legal action

What this signalsUser posts often show product pain before it reaches reviews or churn.

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r/Bengaluru
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Event date
Aug 2026

Companies

  • AmazonAlso named
  • BigBasketAlso named

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Topics

  • compliance
  • regulatory
  • food safety
  • quick commerce

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  • News | ಸುದ್ದಿ 🗞️

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Negative
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Aug 25, 2026
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        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Bengaluru/comments/1vxq3xq/comment/p5qs27z/",
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        "author": "Creepy-Start-2733",
        "excerpt": "The ban wasnt based on the expired food they would have stocked and the conditions of storage?",
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        "excerpt": "Datura\n\n buy to do the pooja",
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        "excerpt": "Interesting - while datura is used in pujas, it's also a very dangerous and potent deliriant\n\n , worse than a psychidelic.",
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        "author": "Acceptable-Salt7246",
        "excerpt": "Not for eating, but for puja specially during Shiva ratri , somvari kind of occasions, it's sold in local flower thelas as well. People r insane, they have issues with anything. When will they start taking own accountability rather than blaming others. You can easily find datura in lakesides, there r 100s of way to commit suicide if one wants to do. How many cases has been registered that someone",
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        "excerpt": "There needs to be a warning label for buyers, provided people know how to read them.\nReports going about where Datura was offered/given for free as a part of some promotional campaign as well which it should not have been.",
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        "excerpt": "I'd be more concerned about the storage conditions of these instant marts.a",
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