Trichy: While food safety officers are focussed on the quality of food at the road side eateries, consumer activists insist on keeping a close watch on the restaurants in Trichy to ensure that quality food is served to people.
A surprise raid on May 16 by the food safety team in eight restaurants in Trichy city brought to light the unhygienic and unhealthy ways of keeping cooked food in refrigerator for using them the next day. The raid unearthed cooked mutton, chicken, rice and Parotta which are kept in freezers in all the eight restaurants.
During the raid, the team seized over 15kg of meat kept in cold storages. The food safety officers (FSOs) said that all the shops keep meat in freezers. The officials also cautioned people not to consume stale food as it will lead to food poisoning, vomiting, diarrhoea and other health complications.
There were no such surprise raids in the past three months. Secretary, Consumer Protection Council, Tamil Nadu, S Pushpavanam asked the food safety officers to frequently monitor the restaurants. "Monitoring of kitchens in the restaurants should be tightened, he said while recalling an incident of stacking cement bags in the kitchen of a leading restaurant in Trichy a year ago.
Designated officer, food safety and drug administration department, Dr S Chithra promised that the department will conduct raids at regular intervals. "The surprise raids will start again soon. Offenders will be booked as per the law," she said.
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