Consumers report filthy delivery boxes and shoes stored with food orders in Cyprus

Cyprus’s Health Services have warned food delivery platforms including Foody and Wolt of a significant rise in consumer complaints about the condition of delivery boxes, calling on restaurants, food businesses and platforms to tighten controls and enforce food safety standards.

The warning comes amid a structural oversight gap: delivery drivers are not employees of the platforms but self-employed partners, and the majority are foreign nationals without permanent residency in Cyprus. The Health...