The Times of India             12.02.2014

BBMP cracks down on Big Bazaar store

BANGALORE: Health officials of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday shut down a Big Bazaar outlet for putting on sale seven types of food items whose expiry dates had elapsed.

During an inspection of the Big Bazaar store in Bhadrappa Layout, Outer Ring Road, North Bangalore, BBMP health officers found expired food items like mixed nuts, cheese, banana chips and four other food products.

Vijay Kumar S Biradar, deputy health officer (Yelahanka zone) of BBMP, said the expired food items have been seized and the supermarket shut down.

However, a spokesperson of Future Group that runs the Big Bazaar chain, said the products "were in our warehouse and not on the store shelf. These products were removed from the store and kept in the warehouse before the 'best-before' date had expired. The products were supposed to be returned to the vendors".