Apr 23, 2019
Stale food served in six Vizag restaurants
The stale food is being reheated and added with essences to conceal bad odours if any.
The officials collected six samples of food items suspected to be containing non-permitted colours for lab analysis. Cases are being booked by the department under appropriate sections under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
Visakhapatnam: The officials of vigilance and enforcement department have conducted surprise inspections on restaurants in different areas of the city along with food safety department officials on Monday.
According to Vizag Regional Vigilance and Enforcement Office (RVEO) deputy superintendent of police K. Sravani, stale and left-over food items were noticed in six restaurants – Rajugari Dhaba at Yendada, Prince Dhaba at PM Palem, Paradise Restaurant and Kamath Restaurants in Anandapuram, and Grand Alfa and Alifa Spices in Gajuwaka.
During inspections, the left-over food items of previous day were found preserved in freezers to sell on Monday. The officials also noticed using some non-permitted food colours for preparation food items. Out of these restaurants, Kamath has not even obtained license from food safety department for running the restaurant.
The officials collected six samples of food items suspected to be containing non-permitted colours for lab analysis. Cases are being booked by the department under appropriate sections under Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
Further, a case was registered against Alifa Spices Restaurant by the civil supplies officials for using domestic gas cylinders for commercial purpose and seized four gas cylinders.
“The stale food is being reheated and added with essences to conceal bad odours if any. This is harmful for health. Sometimes there are chances of food poisoning leading to severe consequences,” the DSP said.
Notice to five-star hotel for storing expired food items
Jaipur: Storage of expired food products at a five-star hotel on Delhi Road in Jaipur shocked the health department officials who conducted an inspection on Monday to check the quality of food items being served in the hotel.
The department also found other discrepancies such as food handlers who did not have any medical fitness certificates, mandatory under Food Safety and Standards Act, were working in the hotel.
The inspection was conducted by health department’s nodal officer (food safety) Dr Sunil Singh.
Dr Singh said that there was no declaration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on the products. Products which have MSG should mention that it is not meant for use by below one-year-old children and pregnant women.
Moreover, another violation was that the hotel did not have any water testing report.
The food safety team recovered 23 litres of milk with expiry date of March 21, 16 packets of expired semolina, three packets of expired yellow curry paste, bread improver having packaging date of October 4, 2007 with ‘use before one year’ message, two expired soybean packets and two packets of expired pulses.
Also, veg and non-veg food items were found stored in the same deep freezer. Food licence and food safety display board had not been installed. Prepared foods did not have any proper tagging. The team also claimed that they found an open dustbin placed close to the cooked rice. Rose water for cosmetic use was being used in sweets to give it flavour.
The expired products were destroyed by the food safety team of the health department and the hotel was served a notice for the discrepancies.
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