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
Distress with Swiggy Life Threatening service (Swiggy) Open
Dear Team, I hope this email finds you well. I am reaching out to seek your legal advice regarding a distressing incident that occurred with a Swiggy delivery boy during a recent order I placed. The situation has left me feeling threa...
Sep 02, 2024 by Shlok
Refund Issue for the order never delivered (Ola) Open
Hi I have made an order via ola foods on **st august and the order is still not delivered and refund is also not given i have tried multiple times but the response is standard chat bot answers...
Aug 30, 2024 by Mona Jain
Order Not Delivered Delivery Person Misconduct (Ola foods) Open
Order Number: ONDC_******PS*YAa Issue: My order from Burger King, placed through Ola Foods, was falsely marked as delivered, but I did not receive the order. The delivery person, Adarsh Pandey (Phone: **********, Email: adarsh********@gm...
Aug 25, 2024 by Utkarsh Tripathi
Order not delivered (Swiggy) Open
I did not receive my order on time because delivery partner sent me message without delivering the order. I talked with company representative (Sumit) and he said that you will get refund for that. For new order My family waited for next * hour...
Aug 07, 2024 by Deepak Singh
Received NonVegetarian food (Zomato) Open
I have ordered * Dal Fry and * Laccha Paratha and * Roti on ** June ****. I received Non-Veg instead of Dal Fry. Being a vegetarian I Dint feel good after touching the Non-Vegetarian with my hands. I immediately raised a complaint in Zomato App...
Aug 01, 2024 by Kommineni Vasudev Rao
Rotten food (Drools Chicken And Egg Adult Dog Food) Open
I bought the **kg drools chicken and egg adult dog food. Which I use to feed my two dogs and the street dogs. That’s why I require **kg bag in every **-**days. While I was checking something I saw insects in the fry food. When I opened ...
Jul 31, 2024 by Shabnam Vijaykumar
Complaint About Order Quality (Pizza Hut) Open
Subject: Complaint Against Swiggy and Pizza Hut for Unsatisfactory Order Experience and Request for Refund Respected Sir/Madam, I am writing to formally lodge a complaint against Swiggy and Pizza Hut regarding an order that I placed on Ju...
Jul 19, 2024 by Ravneet kaur
Fungus Found in AMUL Cheese Slices Before Expiry Date (Amul) Open
Recently, I purchased a pack of Amul Cheese Slices from a supermarket in Bangalore. Despite being well within the expiry date, I found fungus growing in the corners of several slices. This is completely unacceptable and poses a significant heal...
Jul 18, 2024 by Vaishnavi Gupta
Refund not received (Zomato) Open
*. I am filing a complaint against Zomato regarding the non-refund of my money for order ID ********** placed on **th May. They assured me that the refund would be processed by the **nd, but upon checking my account, I have not received it. *...
Jul 13, 2024 by seema gupta
Long thread found inside fried chicken (KFC Vasant Kunj ) Open
I ordered KFC from the KFC app on July *rd **** and while I was eating fried chicken I saw a long white thread fried together with chicken. I feel very disgusted not knowing how did thread get inside chicken, from where the thread came ?? I st...
Jul 12, 2024 by Anshi s
Delivery charges applied is wrong (Zomato) Open
Zomato has been charging wrong delivery charges , for an order of Rs ** from *.* km distance they charged Rs. *** . For an order worth *** they charged Rs ***. Today I suddenly noticed that this has been happening and Zomato has been earni...
Jul 07, 2024 by Shashank Sourabh
Health Risk and Inadequate Response from Swiggy Regarding Contaminated Food (Swiggy) Open
Order Number: #*************** Restaurant: Raj Cabin Incident Description: On **th June ****, I placed an order through Swiggy from the restaurant Raj Cabin. Upon receiving the food, we discovered it was contaminated, as it tasted bi...
Jun 28, 2024 by Druhin Tarafder
Zomato Delivery Partner Vimalraj C Misbehaviour (Zomato) Open
I am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding the conduct of one of your delivery partner during the delivery on ** sep **** I have ordered food from kasthuri bhavan order id ********** , the delivery partner is very rude and drunk his n...
Jun 18, 2024 by Manjula sudhakar
Worse Food Quality (Swiggy) Open
Recently I have ordered an burger using Swiggy. Unfortunately When the burger arrived it was in very bad condition. Even it was not same as like was shown in photo. I have sent an email to swiggy with the complaint regarding bad food and they j...
Jun 16, 2024 by Hiren Sojitra
Fraud Madhusmita Catering (Madhusmita Catering ) Open
They are providing monthly food subscription service we have ordered * meal and * dinner each cost ** for *st triel during the delivery they told to pay for the dinner to receive the order later we found the quality of food is very poor and we ...
Jun 11, 2024 by Sai Bhaskar patra
Order confirm But Not delivered amount debited from my account (Sapphire foods India limited ) Open
Respected sir.. I was booked KFC chicken online order through KFC AAP Date was **-**-**** Order confirm but not received and amount debited from my account Total amount is ***.** Rs Stil no refund my amount Customer care no respo...
Jun 06, 2024 by VASANTHAUPENDAR
Assassination of religious sentiments (Zomato) Open
On * June midnight, I ordered veg biryani from one of the outlets through Zomato. But they delivered Chicken biryani. Instead of understanding my sentiments and giving solution, they have not only ignored my complaint but have assassinated my r...
Jun 02, 2024 by Meghna Bindra
Delivery boy refused to come at my location (Swiggy) Open
I had ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut located at City Mall in the Mohaddipur area. I entered my address as H.no **-D, Darghiya Nanda Nagar, Kunraghat, Mohaddipur, Gorakhpur. However, the delivery boy said that his app was only showing "Mohadd...
May 28, 2024 by Yashpal kumar
Non veg food received instead of veg daal from swiggy (Swiggy Bundl Technologies Pvt Ltd ) Open
I order food for dinner from swiggy dall paneer and rumali roti and we received chicken paneer and rumali roti ...
May 27, 2024 by Madhusudan narsaria
Pizza Hut gift voucher refund issue (Pizza Hut India Kolkata Mani Square) Open
On **th April, **** *.** PM IST I had created Pizza order with Order Id ******** using Pizza Hut Gift Voucher Worth Rs. **** and Amazon Pay balance Rs. ***.**. Later I came to know they don't do home delivery, hence I requested them to cancel t...
May 27, 2024 by Amrik De
Recieved nonveg pieces in veg panner biryani (Zomato The good bowl restaurant ) Closed
Received incorrect order. I.e received pieces of nonveg in veg (panner biryani).Twice I received non-veg pieces in veg food , where I lost my amount and food which I can't have it . I contacted Zomato in all possible ways , I didn't get proper...
Mar 23, 2021 by Madhu
Sent Incorrect stale item Zomato refused to replace or refund (Zomato) Closed
Wow momo, sent me stale, and half sized au gratin, zomato refused to either replace or refund me for that order. They wasted *.* hours of mine and did nothing....
Mar 19, 2021 by Kaushik Agarwal
Order not delivered (La Pino'z Pizza) Closed
I ordered two pizzas from La Pino'z Pizza with order ID *******. Even after waiting for * hours and calling outlet multiple times, I have not received my order. Outlet located in Karlardooma Delhi has stopped picking my phone as well. I dont kn...
Dec 31, 2020 by Abhilash Kaushik
Wrongfully charged for something I didn t even get (Swiggy) Closed
Ordered food (** samosa) online.Order id-#***********. Paid via Paytm. Received * pieces from the restaurant. Filed a complaint on swiggy. And the resolution they provide is "We would like to inform you that, after carefully reviewing your iss...
Nov 25, 2020 by Pankit Nandwani
Hospitalized due to food poisoning (Zomato) Closed
The food quality during this pandemic the price of trusting a restaurant or zomato for quality standards are being abused. The food gave me food poisoning and I'm admitted in a hospital since yesterday. I want a full fledged apology and po...
Oct 05, 2020 by Ananth Sai Reddy
Swiggy cancellation fee dispute (Swiggy) Closed
Placed a complaint for a missing food item with swiggy . They gave an option to refund or said they ll send the food item but it was too late and we had already eaten . Now , they are charging me a cancellation fee for a ‘ missing item’ whi...
Oct 02, 2020 by Anuradha turner
Items missing in my order (Zomato) Closed
Ordered from KFC banjara hills through zomato on **th september *.** pm Order no ********** * item, chicken hot wings were missing and zomato was not giving me a solution irrespective of the emails, and chats with zomato support staff . ...
Oct 01, 2020 by Rakesh Melam
Money deducted from my bank account but the order status its showing declined (Jiomart) Closed
Amount deducted from my account but its showing the order is declined on jiomart. I have order * packets of lays, * packets of maggi instant pizzta,A share pack of Cadbury perk chocolate and a bathroom freshener. I have paid to jiomart throug...
Aug 24, 2020 by Joga Ranjan Mohanty
I was promised a refund and didn t recieve it (zomato food app) Closed
I ordered food from a restaurant and after ** mins I received a call from the delivery guy saying his vehicle was punchered and he had to get that repaired so immediately msged the customer care saying I ordered a roll which when recieved late ...
Aug 23, 2020 by Neetha Raju
Red chilli dry sauce made us throw the pizza (Pizza Hut) Closed
We had ordered * medium pizzas one was class farm fresh pizza. In their base sauce they used so much red chilli that all you can see is chilli seeds and our throat and stomach started burning after * bites we had to throw the entire two pizzas....
Aug 20, 2020 by Tanaya Mohanty
Order not delivered only part refund provided (Swiggy) Closed
I am a regular customer of Swiggy. I ordered food item worth Rs. *** on ** August ****. As per the tracking details available, the delivery boy picked-up the order after a long time. Within no time, I was shown that the delivery boy around my ...
Aug 19, 2020 by Harish Chopra (Harry)
Order not received (Dominos Pizzza) Closed
I ordered pizza on ** Aug **** at **.** order no. *** but even after more than an hour pizza still not received. I received a call from Dominos pizza @**:** and they wanted to discount me Rs. ***/- but it should be free. They denied and misbeha...
Aug 19, 2020 by Ajay jha
Delivery canceled by Swiggy refund not processed (Swiggy) Closed
I had placed an order with swiggy which was canceled without giving me any prior intimation. To give you some background, I am currently at my in-laws place in an army cantt area with limited cell phone network. I had ordered a cake for my pare...
Aug 16, 2020 by Divya Menon
Package not delivered but charged (zomato food app orderid ) Closed
On * August I had placed an order for a biryani from Behrouz Biryani -through the Zomato app. There was some problem probably with the delivery van which led to delay .Finally after an hour an a half of waiting , I cancelled the order with beh...
Aug 14, 2020 by Jennifer Juneja
My refund for not delivering as promised (Swiggy) Closed
My order was supposed to be delivered in ** mins., However the order took nearly ** mins. I ordered the food on August *, **** at *:**pm and was hoping to be delivered by *:**. I had to start my shift by *:**. The food was delivered after *:** ...
Aug 11, 2020 by Tennyson s
Item missing refusing refund for missing item (Swiggy Bundl Technologies Pvt Ltd ) Closed
Swiggy order id #*********** I have ordered one plate roti curry for my mother and one masala dosa for my sister for me idly *pcs placed an order on swiggy restuarant name balaji veg but resturant missed item idly and sent other item regarding ...
Aug 10, 2020 by Suman v
Huge cancellation fee charged (Swiggy) Closed
Regarding order #***********, I placed an order for Rs. **** and after two hours of order, order was cancelled and Swiggy charged Rs **** as cancellation fee. They are giving excuse that they tried to call me * times but I did not get any call....
Aug 06, 2020 by Nikhil Raj
Refund not credited (Swiggy) Closed
I have ordered food via swiggy on **th and i paid online. Lateron i received a message that what i ordered is not available and i can either cancel.or opt substitute. I opted for free cancellation. On **th I received message that the refund has...
Aug 04, 2020 by Sanu Joseph
Refund not initiated for Order Number (Zomato) Closed
Hi, I am writing this email for Order number ********** which I have placed in the name of Sakshi Bajpai for half KG * pack of Kaju katli which was delivered as * pack of * KG kaju katli. After try to reach you order got canceled but no ref...
Aug 02, 2020 by Mayank Bajpai
Pickup centre for tshirt is wrong (Zomato) Closed
I have recently downloaded Zomato delivery app to join as a delivery executive. I paid ****rs and the next step was to collect the tshirt and bag. But the pickup centre listed in the app is wrong. I can't collect the tshirt and my account will ...
Aug 02, 2020 by Rithvik Anilkumar
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