When we dine at restaurants, we usually feel assured that the food is hygienic and free from expired ingredients, unlike the potential risks of eating at street kiosks. However, recent reports revealed a shocking incident in Secunderabad, where a restaurant was found with kilos of unlabelled noodles and expired raw chicken, leaving food officials stunned. Read on for the full details.
Food safety inspectors of Secunderabad recently did a surprise inspection at Golden Dragon Restaurant in Parklane and they found 8 kilos of raw chicken that had expired on December 15 and 2 kilos of boneless chicken legs that had expired the day before the inspection (December 17). They also seized 2 kilos of noodle packets as they did not have any labels. As per reports, the Food Business Operator (FBO) did not provide Water Analysis Reports, Employee Health Records and FoSTac certificates of employees too. It is also said that there were synthetic food colours that officials suspected of being used for food preparation.
The team also noted that the refrigerators were unhygienic and food items kept inside them were unlabelled. Moreover, vegetarian and non-vegetarian food articles were stored together in the fridge. The officials flagged other issues on the premises too. The floor of the kitchen was found to be slippery. Those handling the food handlers were not wearing aprons, hair caps, gloves etc. The windows had not been fitted with insect-proof screens. Take a look at the social media post by the Commissioner of Food Safety, Telangana.
At Sarvi Restaurant and Bakery on MG Road in Secunderabad, the officials found that food articles like cashew biscuits, Osmania biscuits, Bournvita biscuits, etc. were unlabelled, lacking key details like manufacturing and best-before dates. The task force also discovered that the containers used for making cakes were rusted.
As per another post on X, on the same day, the task force also inspected Begumpet near Secunderabad. At Chillies Restaurant in Paradise Circle, they observed a live cockroach infestation in the kitchen. And some of the food items were not covered and none of the food articles had labels on them. Food handlers were found without wearing hair caps, gloves etc. Flooring was found to be patchy and littering of food waste at some places. And drains in the kitchen found to be clogged with food waste.
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