Food Safety Complaints
Food safety refers to handling food in such a way as to prevent any food borne illness. Food safety is a global issue. Often we have seen news on the media that there was a living insect in the food and how the customers sued the restaurant for it. We have also seen how someone ordered Vegetarian food but was delivered chicken instead.
To lessen the burden of the customer, the government formed The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in August 2011 under the Food Safety Standards Act, 2006 as a responsive body for promoting and protecting public health in India.
It is important to note that we should buy packaging foods which have FSSAI marked on it as they are generally safer than the others. There has also been a boon of ordering food online which has led to many food delivery apps namely Zomato, Swiggy, Uber Eats, Foodpanda etc. People these days generally prefer to order their food online rather than dining out in a restaurant.
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According to a recent survey more than 10% people are left unsatisfied with the food that was delivered through these online food platforms. The most common food complaints include:
- Wrong product delivered
- Stale food delivered
- Less quanity
- Issues with the quality
- Adulteration
- Foreign material in food (insect in food, plastic in food item, mettalic pin in food item etc)
- Refund not provided
- No customer support etc.
So what can be done if you a have food safety complaint in India?
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<b>1. Contact Food Aggregator</b>
First and foremost we should immediately try to contact the customer care of these online portals. As they value customer feedback they will try to resolve the complaint as quickly as possible. Some apps even have automated chat bots for the same. The customer care number of some of the most well known food delivery apps in India are :
Swiggy Customer Care Number – 080-67466789
Zomato Customer Care Number - +61 450 266 295
Uber Eats Customer Care Number – 800-253-9377
Foodpanda Customer Care Number – 1800-3000-3034
Dominos Customer Care Number – 734-930-3030
Pizza Hut Customer Care Number – 800-948-8488
Faasos Customer Care Number - +91-7700020020
Just Eat Customer Care Number - 080 6000 0600
<b>2. Report to FSSAI</b>
It has been noticed that sometimes, even these reputed companies close the complaint of a consumer without providing any fruitful solution. So what can be done if their customer support is not providing any solution? Go to FSSAI and file a complaint at https://foodlicensing.fssai.gov.in/cmsweb/HOME.aspx
This is FSSAI website planned to help people facing food related problems. Once you have filed the complaint by attaching all the supporting evidences your complaint will be forwarded to the Food Safety Officer who will then handle your complaint. The customer care number of FSSAI is 1800112100. You can even share your concern here.
<b>3. Send a Legal Notice</b>
If you do not get any response from the food delivering app then you can also send them a Legal Notice to resolve your complaint. You can use Voxya for drafting and sending Legal Notice to them through a professional lawyer.
<b>4. File a Consumer Forum Case</b>
Finally, if you are not getting any resolution then you can raise a complaint at your nearest consumer forum. You need not hire a lawyer to file a case there. You can do it yourself in just 2-3 hours time. We at Voxya help consumers in taking legal action against food delivering apps by sending a legal notice and preparing the case documents to file case in consumer court. So, if you are frustrated, <a href="https://voxya.com/file-consumer-complaint?ref=onlComp">File a complaint</a> today!
Most Common Issue Reported for Food Safety Complaints
Complaints
Received non veg instead of veg in box of veg labelled agromark and i m strict vegetarian (Dominos India) Open
I have ordered * dominos pizza veg but received * non veg pizzas. Not even one but both pizza are non veg i m jain by religion and i have ate non veg for first time and then realize that it was non veg pizza bcoz on box it was veg agro mark s...
May 07, 2020 by Siddharth Jain
Refund not received (Dominos Pizza) Open
Order No ***, Vashi. Order ID: ********* I paid for pizza via zomato app Rupees *** on **.**.**** for delivery. However from Vashi I got a call and an sms from Dominos that order was cancelled and refund would be paid to my account. Its more t...
May 05, 2020 by Bulti Karmakar
Cockroaches in swiggy food (Swiggy) Open
Dear Sir, Today i have order food Masala dosa from swiggy with his partner Gopal's but after open this food i found * cockroaches and both are alive. After trying to connect with swiggy but that time no one is helping me. Sir i stay in h...
Apr 10, 2020 by Ravishekhar
Utter Carelessness Corona Pandemic (Zomato) Open
Delivery agent not wearing a mask and gloves during this Corona pandemic. It's a shame that they can't follow basic safety guidelines during this pandemic. Sambhar delivered has hair strands in it. They can kill thousands of people this way...
Mar 29, 2020 by Raghvendra Kumar
Zomato food not delevired (Zomato) Open
I have ordered food online, delivery executive has taken the food and no response form him long time his name is chandrajan , number **********- and zomato customer care no proper response , they justy simply refund amount and i wasted my time ...
Mar 14, 2020 by Arun
Food was delivered late and was all cold and not upto standards (Dominos India) Open
I ordered a medium veggie paradise pizza, a garlic bread and mirinda which was under **min or free delivery, the food got delivered ** min late plus it was all cold and did not match uptill standards. i want my money back on the order. ...
Mar 10, 2020 by Meena Singh
Hair found in Haldiram Gujia bought from milkbasket (Milkbasket) Open
Today morning we have recieved * box of haldiram Gujia and found hair is sticking out on it. It's still there on it . I am uploading the pictures. I am also making video of it just in case it required in future. We need immediate action on it b...
Mar 08, 2020 by Jatin kinra
Zomato Auto Order Cancellation (Zomato) Open
For three months now our restaurant has been facing auto cancellation of orders on the Zomato platform with no reliable communication from the Zomato support team. The message sent to the customers is that the restaurant is at fault. We are los...
Mar 04, 2020 by Rannaghar Kitchen
Refund related (zomato food app) Open
I had order food from Zomato, but delivery agent not provide me any food and unable to contact with delivery agent. And my food cancel by Zomato but they say your amount is not refundable due to wastage of food.here I was hungry waiting for my ...
Mar 02, 2020 by Aman Kumar Singh
Food Not Delivered but the status is Delivered (zomato food app) Open
On **th Feb **** I have ordered Fried Rice worth Rs *** from Orange Wok restaurant using Zomata App. When I tracked the deliver it was shown as delivered but actually its was delivered to me. When I contacted Zomato they are simply saying I wil...
Feb 29, 2020 by Sankar
Scam inside zomato Item cancelled (Zomato) Open
For order ID :********** the item was cancelled for no reason. For *.**hrs there was no activity, i contact restaurant he say he reported no response. My customer support chat is blocked by them for no reason . Only way i can contact them is ma...
Feb 28, 2020 by Dinesh
Issue of wrong packing (Rolls King) Open
The issue is chicken food packed in veg packet. what should i do..My brother is pure vegetarian & he eat a chicken. now he is not fine doing vomiting and all. he is not well right now. he is ** year old boy and he never eaten a non veg product ...
Feb 25, 2020 by Harsh Bishnoi
Wrong item delivered (Swiggy) Open
I orderd for chicken nuggets and they provided me chicken popcorn which was some ** rs less ...and I ordered two in no....I immediately posted pics of the wrong item and asked for replacement.but the customer care guy was telling me that I reci...
Feb 23, 2020 by Ravi
Items were missing in food ordered (Swiggy Bundl Technologies Pvt Ltd ) Open
I had my parents aniversery on ** February and for Rs.*** which includes chur chur naan thalis (*) which costs me Rs. *** it is a part of total meal i have ordered and where they didn't sent me this item as it was missing when i received the fo...
Feb 19, 2020 by Anshul singh rana
Delayed in delivery (Domino S) Open
Firstly I ordered one pizza at *:** p.m. but when it was not delivered I called them they said that as due to your number was not reachable so that's why we had cancel your order but then I ordered again at *:** p.m. and it was delivered at *:*...
Feb 17, 2020 by Megha Verma
Payment not received from Swiggy (Swiggy Bundl Technologies Pvt Ltd ) Open
During the week **th-**th January,**** we received ** orders via Swiggy out of which ** were delivered by us and the remaining ** orders were canceled by customer after the FOOD READY was clicked by us which means as per swiggy we will be getti...
Feb 11, 2020 by Sumit Kumar Goyal
Package partially delivered (Swiggy) Open
I ordered sweets from anand sweets worth Rs**** via Swiggy(Order#***********). Paid the amount via online before delivering.But they delivered sweets worth *** only and bill provided by delivery boy was only showing Rs ***. Even after following...
Feb 10, 2020 by Minu Mary Joy
Swiggy Items missing No refund (Swiggy) Open
I have ordered one full Grill chicken with Order ID '***********'. But I have received only half Grill chicken. When I have asked for refund, they were willing pay only Rs **.**, where as cost of missing will be Rs ***. I didn't accept the...
Feb 08, 2020 by Habeeb Shaik
Swiggy sent me rotten food and didn t refund (Swiggy McDonald s) Open
Order number *********** Restaurant: McDonald's ordered food from McDonald's a burger and hot chocolate delivery executive couldn't handle food properly spilled hot chocolate infront of me. And the burger which was delivered had spoiled l...
Feb 07, 2020 by Dr Radha
Order not delivered (Swiggy) Closed
Hi sir/mam ihave ordered an @egg biryani at **:**am /**/august/** So the estimated delivery time **mins So as I have awaited till *:** ihave received an msg that our delivery partner has been contacted u ur Mobile hasn't reachable so kin...
Aug 24, 2019 by MD mahmood
Zomato refused refund after assuring 4 times (Zomato) Closed
I had ordered food from Barbecue Nation Durgapur on **st July and fully paid online. The food was not delivered as I failed to respond to their calls. They charged me cancellation charges which are illogically defined in their policies as same ...
Aug 13, 2019 by K s sanil
Order undelivered and ignored (Swiggy) Closed
I work at G*, a Chicago based company located in Indiqube delta HSR. This was a lunch order which I was hoping to enjoy with my colleagues. The order was marked delivered but on real the order was never delivered. Quite an embarrassing and bein...
Aug 07, 2019 by Millendar P
Non veg delivered in place of veg (Swiggy) Closed
I had ordered for paneer butter masala with phulka and roti but swiggy delivered me chicken masala with phulka and roti. This is hurt to my religious sentiments since I am a vegetarian. Here is the swiggy order id ***********....
Aug 02, 2019 by Vinay Kumar R
Refund not received (Swiggy) Closed
Swiggy has not ensured that I have received a refund despite repeated efforts to obtain the same. Please do the needful....
Jul 18, 2019 by Gayathri.S
Harsh language of delivery boy (Swiggy) Closed
Actually, my friend ordered food for me in swiggy. Later I got to know that she has given a wrong address. When I apologised and tried to guide him to my location, he started yelling at me and that made me feel so worse. I cancelled his deliver...
Jul 18, 2019 by Ayesha Fathima
Stinking food from swiggy (Swiggy) Closed
I ordered this order from swiggy. They provide me with bad quality food and they are not ready to compensate for that. I have attached the order details with food....
Jul 18, 2019 by Pranitdarekar
Payment failed but money deducted (Zomato) Closed
On *th July I was trying to pay for the order but the message displayed that payment failed please try another mode though money was deducted. So I tried paying through other mode and it was successful. But later on, I came to know that both or...
Jul 14, 2019 by Pawan Maske
Wrong food keeps getting delivered (Swiggy) Closed
I ordered a blueberry yoghurt from Cocoberry and wrong flavour was delivered. It was medication technically because a doctor suggested I take natural yoghurt as a probiotic to counter my antibiotic. I hate the wrongly delivered flavour (strawbe...
Jul 10, 2019 by Arun K
Item missing refused to refund/replacement (Zomato) Closed
On *th July I have placed an order from zomato * boneless chicken biryani with extra raita and mushroom masala. But I have received only biriyani rice and extra raita was missing. Regarding this I contacted zomato they refused for replacement/r...
Jul 10, 2019 by Suman v
Delivered uncooked food and refusing for refund (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered * mixed veg kurma and * sets of pulka at the homely restaurant. But I have received uncooked food which is uneatable. Regarding this I have contacted swiggy they just apologized and refused for replacement/refund. Order id ******...
Jul 08, 2019 by Suman v
Wrong food delivered (Swiggy) Closed
The order was delivered wrong twice over. The executive agreed to the mistake and said that a refund coupon for the entire amount would be generated within * hours. On contacting them later they have been acting cheeky and saying that we are re...
Jul 08, 2019 by Pritish Shroff
Refund of failed order is pending (Swiggy) Closed
I placed an order through Swiggy on **th May **** of amount Rs.**** and did the payment by net banking but the order got failed. I got mail and message as well stating that they will refund the amount within *-* working days. Today its **th Jun...
Jun 23, 2019 by Pragati Nikam
Rotten food benzys hotel Bombay through swiggy (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered Thigadi and * appams from the benzys restaurant at south Bombay. I have got a rotten chicken and appam was unpalatable. When I called customer service of swiggy they told its not possible to give a refund. I really suspect that t...
Jun 21, 2019 by Appu Jose
Wrong food delivered (Swiggy) Closed
Ordered food from BBQ nation and that was vegetable stuffed mushroom with rumali roti order no.was ***********. The delivery boy brought some dal and nan which I did not order. Upon calling on swiggy they forced me to accept that and said it wo...
Jun 14, 2019 by Niraj sharma
Item missing from order (Swiggy) Closed
Out of * items orders, * item was missing. When complained there was no option of a refund. There was only option to reorder. Why would anyone wait for ** mins again to get the reorder delivered when it’s already past the meal time. It’s no...
Jun 02, 2019 by Anuradha
Zomato are cheaters (Zomato) Closed
First of all, Zomato did not deliver my order to the address I updated, then I get a call that they cannot deliver as it is * km away. When I cancel the order they have the cheek to advise me that a cancellation fee is applicable. This kind of ...
Jun 02, 2019 by Carlton Fernandes
Delivered Stale food and not providing any refund (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered food from Swiggy (Paya Nihari soup) on May ** and I received stale food with the completely spoiled piece and smell. I have raised a complaint in help desk of Swiggy app and requested for refund/credits. But till now there is no ...
Jun 02, 2019 by Rohit Kumar
Charging cancellation charge for swiggy's fault (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered through swiggy when I was in Kochi for a couple of times in which I wasn't set my location. It took the correct location but now it's set to somewhere in Pondicherry by swiggy. After ordering they are asking me to cancel the orde...
Jun 01, 2019 by CHITTA NAGA SAI MARUTHI CHARAN
Order not delivered (Zomato) Closed
I placed an order on * June **** at **:** a.m. from Biryani Bhaijaan, Gurgaon. The order was accepted and then ** minutes later I was informed that my order will not be delivered. Zomato is cheating its customers....
Jun 01, 2019 by Shantanu Gupta
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