Fast food eatery asked to shut shop

Jaipur: A fast food restaurant in front of Chitrakoot Stadium supplying food items through online food suppliers has been found preparing food under unhygienic conditions. Health department officials have slapped notice on the restaurant, ordering shutting down the eatery until it improves the conditions.

The inspection by health department’s food safety wing was conducted on Sunday when online food suppliers’ representatives were standing in queue, waiting for packed pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and momos, for supplying them to the customers. 

It is the third fast food restaurant in the city which has been given notice for improvement in past 15 days. One such restaurant is undergoing complete renovation in Raja Park and the other is situated at Trimurti Circle. “We have found violation of rules of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 at the restaurant. There was a food handler who had severe skin infection on his hand and was found preparing food items. The owner of the restaurant did not have a food licence. The food handlers did not have any fitness certificate. Just outside the toilet, they had the space for preparing food. We have served notice to the restaurant to close it down immediately. Also, he has been asked to conduct renovation for making the place hygienic and to follow the rules of FSSA, 2006,” said a health department official.

The health department officials have allegedly found synthetic colour at the restaurant and also the soft drinks they kept, were past their expiry date. Also, the bread which is used for making pizza did not have any mention of an expiry date. “We have collected samples of paneer and we have also destroyed the curry which was prepared at the restaurant, on the spot,” he said.