CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu food safety department officials on Wednesday seized one tonne of banned plastic products from the Vadapalani branch of Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants.
Officials said they had received many complaints from customers and from officials about the restaurant using banned plastic products. The Chennai district collector had also complained to the department regarding this.
A team of officials conducted a search at the restaurant around 7am. They found 3,200 plastic trays, 1,200 plastic cups, 1,565 plastic carry bags, 1,650 plastic tumblers, 55 plastic rolls, 300 plastic straws and other plastic items that have been banned. The search continued till 10am.
“They had stored these materials here and planned to supply them to parties. We had already received many complaints in the past and raided their restaurants on January 3. Again, we received complaints on Tuesday and so we acted upon it,” said a food safety officer.
The restaurant employees were warned and asked not to use the banned items. “Since penalties have not been worked out yet, we cannot impose any fine. But we have warned them,” said an official.
An employee of the hotel told TOI that they had stored the old stock at the branch.
The food safety department has so far seized about seven tonne of banned plastic products since the day the ban came into force on January 1.
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