Parsi Dairy Farm resumes Mumbai sales after FDA lifts food-safety licence suspension
Mumbai’s 110-year-old Parsi Dairy Farm has restarted production and sales after the Maharashtra FDA lifted its FSSAI licence suspension, following cleaning, hygiene upgrades and infrastructure repairs at facilities flagged in July inspections.
What happened
Parsi Dairy Farm resumed production and sales after Maharashtra FDA lifted its FSSAI licence suspension following cleaning, hygiene upgrades and infrastructure
Key facts
- 110-year-old establishment
- July 14 inspection
- July 15 FSSAI licence suspension
Why this matters
The reinstatement highlights how established regional food brands can protect valuable legacy equity by resolving compliance gaps quickly and transparently.
What to watch
- Results of follow-up Maharashtra FDA or FSSAI inspections.
- Any additional licence conditions, notices, fines or product-testing disclosures.
- Customer traffic and order volumes during the first several weeks after reopening.
- Retailer willingness to restore shelf space and delivery-platform availability.
- Changes in product prices, product assortment or delivery coverage that indicate higher compliance costs.
- Consumer complaints, product returns or social-media sentiment regarding quality and hygiene.
- Publicize the specific sanitation, infrastructure and quality-control changes completed before licence reinstatement.
- Implement documented batch testing, cold-chain checks and staff hygiene training to reduce repeat-violation risk.
- Use phased production and distribution ramp-up to avoid quality lapses during reopening.
- Reassure retailers and direct customers through transparent communication on FDA clearance and current safety protocols.
- Build a recurring compliance calendar for FSSAI filings, maintenance, pest control, water testing and internal audits.