20 March: Swiggy and Zomato's statements to MediaNama said: "At Swiggy we have deep regard for the city we operate in and complete respect for the sentiments of its people. We deeply regret the lapse in delivering non-veg food in the restricted area. We addressed this immediately and would like to reiterate that as of March 16, Swiggy is delivering only vegetarian food from local restaurants across all areas in Haridwar. As the industry leader, Swiggy has a central FSSAI licence and only lists FSSAI registered restaurants on the platform. We are happy to extend the necessary support to the concerned authorities to address the situation in an apt manner." Zomato: "Our long-held mission is 'better food for more people' and we place user experience at the centre of everything we do. All the restaurants on our platform are FSSAI complaint and we have already applied for a license for our operations in Haridwar and other locations. As a responsible platform, we respect the religious sentiments of the holy city and are currently delivering only vegetarian food.” Previously, 18 March: Swiggy and Zomato have been served with notices from the Uttarakhand Food Department’s Food Safety section for delivering meat/non-vegetarian food in some parts of the city where it is restricted, reports the Times of India. According to the report, these notices were served following unspecified complaints from locals. MediaNama was unable to reach Haridwar's district level office and officer, but has reached out to both Zomato and Swiggy, and will update this…
News
Updated: Swiggy, Zomato to respond to Uttarakhand’s food dept for serving meat in Haridwar’s restricted areas; our take
Please subscribe to MediaNama. Don't share prints and PDFs.
You May Also Like
News
Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...
Advert
135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...
News
By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...
News
Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...