Karnataka FDA seizes ₹4.02 lakh in medicines from Amazon-linked Bengaluru facilities
Karnataka’s drug regulator alleges two Amazon-linked facilities were storing medicines without the required wholesale drug licences, spotlighting compliance exposure for e-commerce fulfilment centres, dark stores and marketplaces handling pharmaceutical inventory.
What happened
Amazon India · Karnataka FDA seized medicines worth Rs 4.02 lakh from two Amazon-linked Bengaluru facilities, alleging they lacked required drug-storage
Key facts
- Rs 2,45,352 medicines seized at Thattanahalli, Anekal
- Rs 1,57,000 medicines seized at Devanahalli
- Rs 4,02,352 total seized stock value
- Section 18(c), Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
- Form 20B or Form 21B wholesale licence
- Section 27(b)(ii): 3-5 years imprisonment and minimum Rs 1 lakh fine or three times confiscated stock value
Why this matters
Any pharmacy, quick-commerce or fulfilment acquisition should be diligenced for facility-by-facility drug licences, regulated-inventory controls and liability allocation with marketplace partners.