FSSAI suspends Switz Foods licence over food-safety lapses
Food regulator FSSAI has suspended Switz Foods Pvt Ltd’s licence after identifying serious non-compliances, including unhygienic manufacturing conditions, inadequate sanitation, pest infestation and poor segregation of raw and finished products.
What happened
Switz Foods Pvt Ltd · FSSAI suspended Switz Foods’ licence after finding serious food-safety non-compliances, including unhygienic manufacturing conditions,
Key facts
- FSS Act, 2006
Why this matters
Any partnership, acquisition or supply arrangement involving Switz Foods now requires heightened food-safety diligence, contingency sourcing and confirmation of regulatory reinstatement.
What to watch
- FSSAI inspection report details, corrective-action deadline and conditions for licence restoration.
- Timing of reinspection and whether the regulator permits phased or full operational resumption.
- Any product recall, consumer advisory, sample-test failure, penalty or additional enforcement action.
- Retailer, distributor and food-service customer responses, including order cancellations or supplier substitutions.
- Evidence that the issues extend to other Switz Foods facilities, brands, contract-manufacturing lines or related entities.
- Suspend manufacturing, dispatches and new production until FSSAI clearance is obtained.
- Conduct an independent food-safety audit covering hygiene, pest management, zoning, raw-material controls, finished-goods storage and employee practices.
- Implement documented corrective and preventive actions, including deep cleaning, pest-proofing, segregation redesign, batch traceability and staff retraining.
- Communicate supply disruptions and remediation timelines to distributors, retail partners and institutional customers while arranging compliant alternate supply where possible.
- Seek FSSAI reinspection only after corrective actions are evidenced through records, testing and internal verification.