On Monday Health officials of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) shut down a Big Bazaar outlet in Bhadrappa Layout, Outer Ring Road, North Bangalore, for putting seven types of food items on sale whose expiry dates had elapsed.
During an inspection BBMP health officers found expired food items like mixed nuts, cheese, banana chips and four other food products.
According to Vijay Kumar S Biradar, deputy health officer (Yelahanka zone) of BBMP, the expired food items have been seized and the supermarket shut down.
On the other hand, 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”.