Pune, June 9 -- Amid rising scrutiny of food safety standards maintained by quick commerce platforms, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Blinkit affiliated dark store named Energy Dark Store to shut it's operations at the Balewadi store in Pune, as the company has been operating it without a licence, said senior officials on Monday.

Speaking to ANI, Suresh Annapure, joint commissioner at Maharashtra FDA, Pune region, said, "It's one of the dark stores of Blinkit named Energy Dark Store, which is situated at Balewadi near Baner of Pune City. They had applied for the licence, but it was not approved due to some of the modifications. Meanwhile, our inspection team visited the premises on June 5th and it was found...