Food being stored in unhygienic conditions at two city restaurants
HYDERABAD: The FSSAI licences of 11 restaurants in Gachibowli, Hitec City and Madhapur were suspended by the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) on Saturday, with the establishments ordered to stop operations immediately following the detection of serious hygiene and other violations. At Fusion 9/Amnesia Sky Bar, officials found cockroach infestation and rat faeces inside the premises. Show-cause notices were also served on White Elephant Food Works (63 Degrees), Minerva Grand at Kondapur and Hotel Avasa at Hitec City.
Officials also found improper refrigerator storage, with food items not labelled and vegetarian and non-vegetarian products being stored together, a food safety official said. Cigarette butts and gutka packets were found inside the kitchen, along with gutka stains in some areas, the official said. The establishments will be re-inspected, officials said. Penalties will be considered, officials said.
The other eight establishments are Shivani – The Restaurant and Bar and Al Saba in Gachibowli, Lucky Multicuisine, Sai Ram Mess and Udupi’s Upahar in Madhapur, and Coal Spark, Kanchi Cafe and Monastery in Hitec City. At Antera Kitchen and Bar, food safety officials found spoiled and fungus-contaminated vegetables, expired food and cockroach infestation. At Al Saba Restaurant, officials specifically found staff chewing gutka. Officials also issued improvement notices to six eateries – Rameshwaram Cafe in Madhapur, Ishtaa in Gachibowli, Sahibs Barbeque and Pakka Local in Hitec City, and Hotel Shadab and Shah Ghouse in Gachibowli – directing them to rectify the identified lapses.