A customer who had suffered food poisoning alerted the authorities
The Food Safety and Drug Administration on Thursday
prohibited operations of a hotel in Saidapet for failure to maintain
hygiene in its kitchen.
As many as eight samples
including rotten mutton and chicken were seized from Namma Chettinadu
hotel on Thursday. The samples have been sent to King Institute of
Preventive Medicine for testing. “We will issue improvement notice to
the hotel. The hotel will be permitted to operate only after rectifying
the defects,” said S. Lakshmi Narayanan, designated officer, Food Safety
and Drug Administration, Chennai District.
The
action on Monday followed an email sent on October 28 to
dofssache@gmail.com by Shyamsundar, a resident of Tambaram. Mr.
Shyamsundar had suffered food poisoning, vomiting and diarrhoea after
having meals at the hotel a few weeks ago.
“They had
not washed the floor for the past eight months. The floor had blood
stains. We seized two rotten carcasses of goat and a large quantity of
rotten chicken,” said an official of Food Safety Department.
Six
samples of oil, rice, dal and sweets were also sent to King Institute.
Customers affected by such food may send emails to the commissioner of
food safety in the State at commrfssa@gmail.com.
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