Bengaluru peptide party cancelled after FDA inspection, notice to organisers (Representative image)
BENGALURU: The ‘peptide party’ planned in Bengaluru on August 29, which had drawn mixed responses online, has been cancelled after the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the organisers’ company and issued a notice. The invite-only event was capped at 50 members and was to feature music, food and networking, according to social media posts by the hosts.
FDA officials said they took cognisance of the event after seeing the social media posts and subsequently visited the office of the company hosting it. One of their representatives appeared before us and we asked them to provide additional details of the party,” said Srinivas K, commissioner, FDA. The advisory said the company’s authorised representatives, following an enquiry, had communicated that the scheduled event stood cancelled. It also said the representatives had requested suitable time to produce documents relating to the event. Authorities said legal action is being initiated against the food business operator concerned under the Food Safety and Standards Act and related regulations.
Hence, our drug inspectors visited their office and issued a notice.