Telangana Meals Security division cracks down on meals shops

Telangana’s Meals Security Taskforce has launched a serious statewide enforcement drive on Saturday, November 1, inspecting 12 freeway meals shops alongside three key nationwide highways, NH-65 (Hyderabad–Vijayawada), NH-163 (Warangal–Hyderabad), and NH-44 (Kurnool–Hyderabad), masking Sangareddy, Warangal, and Jogulamba Gadwal districts.

In the course of the inspections, officers discovered severe violations at The Resort NH-9 (The Palace Resort) in Rudraram, Sangareddy. The institution was flagged for extremely unhygienic kitchen situations, pest and rodent infestation, uncovered and unlabelled meals objects, clogged drainage, improper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian sections, and suspected use of artificial meals colors.

Following the inspection, the resort’s license was suspended beneath the Meals Security and Requirements Act, 2006A complete of 107.5 kilograms of unsafe meals, together with prawns, fish, rooster, paneer, and gobi fry, was discarded on the spot. Authorities have ordered that the meals enterprise operator stay closed till remaining orders are issued by the competent authority, mentioned the Commissioner of Meals Security deal with on

Different shops, together with Taj Palace Resort, Athidhi 44 Drive-In, Lepakshi Eating places on NH-44, and Minerva, Vivera, Utsav, and Orissa Dhaba on NH-65, have been additionally discovered violating hygiene and meals security requirements. Frequent lapses included poor kitchen hygiene, unlabelled meals containers, expired components, and reuse of cooking oil. In whole, seven meals samples have been lifted, and eight enchancment notices have been issued.

Particular enforcement actions included:

• Utsav Restaurant, Pedda Kaparathi (NH-65, Chityala Mandal): 16 kg of saved meat and seafood, 3 kg butter, 20 kg purple gravy, 10 kg Manchurian, 3 kg rooster lollipops, and 15 kg of artificially coloured meals have been discarded on the spot.
• Athidhi Restaurant, Koyalagudem (NH-65, Choutuppal): Officers discarded 8 kg of spoiled rooster and meat, 5 kg of expired dry fruits, 10 liters of spoiled sauces, 12 kg of different spoiled meals, and 1.5 kg of artificial colors.
• Sangam Resort, Koyalagudem (NH-65, Choutuppal): Discovered with 2 kg of artificial meals colors; 8 kg of long-stored cooked meals with out use-by labels was discarded.
• The Fort Meals Court docket (NH-163): 6 kg of coloured prawns, corn, and rooster have been discarded. Authorities seized 15 kg of purple gram dal, 9 kg of turmeric, 18 packets of noodles, and 12 kg of tamarind for faulty labeling.
• Minerva Espresso Store & Blue Fox Restaurant (NH-163): Discarded 1 kg of artificial meals colours and 5 kg of label-defective merchandise.
• Resort Vivera (NH-163): Discarded 12 liters of expired cool drinks and a couple of kg of long-stored gravy.
• Taj Palace Restaurant (NH-44, Gadwal): 8 kg of stale uncooked rooster and three kg of boiled greens have been destroyed. The institution failed to supply payments and was discovered working with out a legitimate license.
• Athidhi Restaurant (NH-44, Gadwal): Stale biryani items and cooked rooster saved within the fridge have been discarded on the spot.