Rats, cockroaches found in hostel storeroom

When officials of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) raided the men’s hostel for Scheduled Castes students in Mettur on Tuesday, what they found was rats and cockroaches in the stocked items.

A team led by T. Anuradha, District Designated Officer, Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department inspected the hostel and found rats and cockroaches roaming freely on the goods.

Bad odour emanated from the kitchen because of poor maintenance.

Officials asked the cook to clean the storeroom and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen. The warden was asked to maintain hygienic conditions.

Earlier, based on a complaint from people that rotten non-vegetarian items were sold in hotels, the team raided two hotels in the bus stand area and seized five kg of chicken and destroyed them.

They warned the hoteliers to maintain hygiene and serve quality food to customers. The team seized 12 kg of adulterated tea power, 50 packets of expired chips, and banned gutka and panmasala items.

The shopkeepers were warned of action if they continued to sell the banned and adulterated items.