India, June 11 -- With the quick commerce companies, specifically those operating dark stores for fast food delivery, facing growing issues over hygiene and safety standards, the Centre is reportedly looking to tighten the norms for rapid delivery operations.

This comes amid recent Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) crackdowns on Zepto and Blinkit over unsafe food storage practices.

While the FDA suspended the food business licence of Zepto's parent company Kiranakart Technologies due to lapses found at its dark store in Mumbai's Dharavi, earlier this month, the food safety agency ordered closure of a dark store associated with Blinkit in Pune's Balewadi area days ago, for allegedly operating without a licence.

An ET report, citing s...