Inspections revealed unhygienic kitchens, greasy walls and chimneys, stagnant water and poor waste management at several outlets.
Hyderabad: Food safety officials suspended the licences of 14 restaurants and issued show-cause notices to eight others during inspections across Hyderabad on Saturday. Officials also discarded 544 kg of spoiled vegetables, leftover food, expired items and pest-infested food. They discarded 10 kg of used cooking oil. At Taj Falaknuma Palace, used cooking oil recorded total polar compounds (TPC) of 27%, exceeding the permissible limit of 24%, a TGSAFE official said. Frozen meat was marked ‘use by 90 days’ without any shelf-life study. Twenty-two teams from the enforcement wing of TGSAFE, comprising food safety officers and police personnel, inspected 22 restaurants and food outlets in the Golconda and Charminar zones on Saturday.
The outlet was also preparing certain food items not permitted under its licence,” the official said. The outlets included Shah Ghouse Cafe at Shahalibanda, Mehfil Restaurant at Dilsukhnagar and Hotel Sri Raghavendra Udupi Veg at Santosh Nagar and Tolichowki. At Mehfil Restaurant in Dilsukhnagar, officials found open garbage bags, houseflies, damaged drainage lines and dirty refrigerators. Hotel Sri Raghavendra Udupi Veg’s Santosh Nagar outlet had broken flooring, a severe cockroach infestation and overflowing dustbins emitting a foul smell. At its Tolichowki outlet, officials found rat droppings, open drains clogged with food waste and workers without hairnets or aprons. Several outlets lacked pest-control and health records. Show-cause notices were issued to eight establishments, including Taj Falaknuma Palace at Engine Bowli and Pista House Restaurant at Shahalibanda. Expired food items were also discarded, while utensils and equipment, including the pizza oven, were found stained and unclean. “Several food items were wrongly labelled and did not carry nutritional information or ingredient details. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Hyderabad | Silver Rate in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad | Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Petrol Price in Hyderabad | Diesel Price in Hyderabad | CNG Price in Hyderabad | LPG Price in Hyderabad