THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After KFC, the licence of one more prominent
restaurant in the city was suspended on Friday. Customers found
cockroaches in the dish served to them at Hotel Sindhoor, functioning at
Vazhuthacaud and informed the food safety authority. The food safety
officials inspected the restaurant and found that it was functioning in
unhygienic conditions and asked the management to close the eatery.
According to food safety commissioner in-charge Anil Kumar, the complaint was registered by a government employee Uma Maheswari through the authority's toll free number. She is the Confidential Assistant to the Tourism Secretary at the Secretariat. She said that she had gone to the restaurant with her daughter to have lunch. Her daughter ordered fried rice while she ordered fish curry meals for herself along with a dish a prawn. She alleged that the cockroaches were found in the prawn dish.
When she complained, the restaurant authorities tried to appease her by offering to replace the dish, she told in her complaint. The mobile vigilance team of the food safety authority that inspected the restaurant found the complaint genuine.
"The kitchen of the restaurant was completely unhygienic," said food safety officer A Satheesh Kumar.
He said that cockroaches, cats and rats were found in the kitchen. The box in which dried chilly was kept was also filled with cockroaches. Meat and vegetables were stored together in the freezer. The contents in the freezer also turned stale, he said. He also said that the team visited the sister concern of the restaurant that functioned at Kowdiar where they detected some minor hygienic problems, they could not find any grave instance of callousness there. However, they have issued a notice to the management of the restaurant to improve the facilities there.
Meanwhile, the food safety authority officials also said that they would kick start the second phase of state-wide raids from Monday. At least 50 teams will be operative in the state on each day.
According to food safety commissioner in-charge Anil Kumar, the complaint was registered by a government employee Uma Maheswari through the authority's toll free number. She is the Confidential Assistant to the Tourism Secretary at the Secretariat. She said that she had gone to the restaurant with her daughter to have lunch. Her daughter ordered fried rice while she ordered fish curry meals for herself along with a dish a prawn. She alleged that the cockroaches were found in the prawn dish.
When she complained, the restaurant authorities tried to appease her by offering to replace the dish, she told in her complaint. The mobile vigilance team of the food safety authority that inspected the restaurant found the complaint genuine.
"The kitchen of the restaurant was completely unhygienic," said food safety officer A Satheesh Kumar.
He said that cockroaches, cats and rats were found in the kitchen. The box in which dried chilly was kept was also filled with cockroaches. Meat and vegetables were stored together in the freezer. The contents in the freezer also turned stale, he said. He also said that the team visited the sister concern of the restaurant that functioned at Kowdiar where they detected some minor hygienic problems, they could not find any grave instance of callousness there. However, they have issued a notice to the management of the restaurant to improve the facilities there.
Meanwhile, the food safety authority officials also said that they would kick start the second phase of state-wide raids from Monday. At least 50 teams will be operative in the state on each day.
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