KOZHIKODE: Two squads formed by the food safety authorities raided several eateries here on Monday.
The squads were formed after a plus two student was hospitalized on Saturday with food poisoning after eating shawarma from a restaurant on Railway Station Link Road. The restaurant's licence was cancelled following the incident.
On a complaint by a city resident, food safety officials raided New Grill restaurant in Thadampatuthazham on Monday, and found that the eatery had flouted guidelines on hygiene. "Since no major violation of food safety norms was found, we issued a correction notice, asking the restaurant to improve its standards," an official said.
The complaint was received from a person who had consumed a non-vegetarian dish from the restaurant. The man had suffered food poisoning, which was confirmed by the food safety officials.
The two teams would continue raids on the eateries in the coming days. More squads would be formed to inspect food joints in other parts of the district.
Food safety inspector C T Anilkumar, who was part of the raiding team, said the food safety commissioner had directed them to act tough on eateries that flout safety norms.
Meanwhile, health standing committee chairperson of the city corporation Janamma Kunhunni said the civic body was yet to receive a report on Saturday's food poisoning incident.
"Once the report is received, we will take necessary action," she said.
The squads were formed after a plus two student was hospitalized on Saturday with food poisoning after eating shawarma from a restaurant on Railway Station Link Road. The restaurant's licence was cancelled following the incident.
On a complaint by a city resident, food safety officials raided New Grill restaurant in Thadampatuthazham on Monday, and found that the eatery had flouted guidelines on hygiene. "Since no major violation of food safety norms was found, we issued a correction notice, asking the restaurant to improve its standards," an official said.
The complaint was received from a person who had consumed a non-vegetarian dish from the restaurant. The man had suffered food poisoning, which was confirmed by the food safety officials.
The two teams would continue raids on the eateries in the coming days. More squads would be formed to inspect food joints in other parts of the district.
Food safety inspector C T Anilkumar, who was part of the raiding team, said the food safety commissioner had directed them to act tough on eateries that flout safety norms.
Meanwhile, health standing committee chairperson of the city corporation Janamma Kunhunni said the civic body was yet to receive a report on Saturday's food poisoning incident.
"Once the report is received, we will take necessary action," she said.
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