Veg and non-veg food items stored together in a hotel at outskirts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
“An inspection carried out on July 29 revealed several deficiencies, following which an improvement notice was issued. During an inspection, officials found that the operator had shifted production to a new premises without obtaining a fresh licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
A subsequent re-inspection, however, found that the violations had not been rectified,” an official said. “During the suspension period, the hotel cannot manufacture, store, sell or distribute any food items,” FDA assistant commissioner (food) D V Patil said. Veg and non-veg food items stored together in a hotel at outskirts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Veg and non-veg food items stored together in a hotel at outskirts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar : Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licence of a hotel on the outskirts of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and sealed a chiwda and farsan manufacturing unit in Beed district over multiple food safety violations under its ‘Safe Food Safe Maharashtra’ campaign. In Sambhajinagar, FDA suspended the food licence of a hotel at Vadgaon Kolhati till further orders after repeated non-compliance with food safety norms. Among the lapses noted were peeling plaster and paint on walls and ceilings, the absence of insect-proof nets on windows, lack of drainage traps to prevent the entry of insects and cockroaches, improper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food as well as raw and cooked food, delayed disposal of waste from food storage areas and failure to maintain mandatory records.