Pune: FDA Finds Expired Food Stock at Reliance Retail, Blink Commerce Warehouses in Chakan; Cases Registered

Chakan, 19th October 2026T: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken action against two food storage facilities in Ambethan and Nighoje in Chakan MIDC for allegedly storing expired food products. Cases have been registered against officials and employees associated with Reliance Retail and Blink Commerce in connection with the violations.

The first action was carried out at a Reliance Retail warehouse located in the ESR Chakan Industrial and Logistic Park at Ambethan. The facility stores packaged food products. According to the FDA, expired, damaged and rodent-contaminated food items were required to be destroyed.

Employees of Reliance Retail had claimed that the stock had been destroyed. However, an FDA inspection found expired products still stored at the facility.

A case has been registered at the North Mahalunge MIDC police station against Reliance Retail DC manager Rakesh Kumar, Yasin Food Centre owner Yasin Sanna Shaikh and Piyush Vyas.

In a separate action, another FDA team inspected a Blink Commerce warehouse in Nighoje and found expired food products stored there.

A case has been registered at the South Mahalunge MIDC police station against Jaspreet Singh, Bharat Balu Patil, Imran Salim Khan and Tirthlal Manojkumar Saroj, all residents of Nighoje in Khed taluka.

Further investigation is underway.