Mumbai’s famous eatery Ayub’s among latest establishments to lose food licences
The regulator also seized food products worth Rs 2.24 crore during its state-wide enforcement drive aimed at checking food safety violations and adulteration. At Ayub’s, which was inspected on August 22, officials found several serious food safety and hygiene lapses. Ayub’s licence was suspended from August 23 under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and relevant rules and regulations.
The four establishments facing licence suspension are Ayub’s in Fort, Mumbai; an eatery operated by M/s Sankalp Mahila Audyogik Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Ltd in Kurla; Burhampur Jalebi Centre in Pratap Nagar, Nagpur; and Step In Restaurant in Giripeth, Nagpur. These included storing high-risk food such as eggs at room temperature, inadequate segregation of raw and cooked food, unhygienic food-handling areas, open and poorly maintained drains, stagnant water, houseflies and inadequate pest-control measures. The FDA also flagged deficiencies in personal hygiene facilities for food handlers, food testing and traceability records. The licence of the Kurla-based Sankalp Mahila Audyogik Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Ltd was also suspended with immediate effect. In Nagpur, Burhampur Jalebi Centre and Step In Restaurant faced similar action after inspections found violations of prescribed food safety and hygiene requirements.
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of four hotels and food establishments, including the popular south Mumbai eatery Ayub’s, following inspections that found multiple food safety and hygiene violations, officials said on Tuesday.