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The Commissioner of Food Safety conducted inspections across government schools, hostels, mid-day meal centres, and private food outlets in Hyderabad, uncovering serious hygiene violations. Several facilities lacked food licences, used synthetic colours, and stored food in non-food-grade containers.

Food safety teams in Telangana found multiple violations during inspections at schools, hostels, mid-day meal kitchens, and eateries. Violations included lack of food licenses, synthetic colour use, expired pulses, and unsafe containers. Samples of dal and tamarind were sent for testing.

Calcium carbide is strictly prohibited for the artificial ripening of fruits under the Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2011

Due to the severity of the violations, the license of Sri Sai Ganesh Enterprises, Boligudem, Boduppal, which packages drinking water (Kenbey brand) and also manufactures milk products including Khoa, will be suspended as per the provisions of the FSS Act, 2006, authorities said.

The food safety teams found several violations of the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) 2006 at these establishments. Notably, three juice centres—A1 Fruit and Juice Shop, KGN Juice Centre, and Natural Flavours—were operating without a valid license.

At the Central Production Unit of Sodexo India Services Pvt Ltd, the food safety teams reported house fly infestation of raw material in the reception area, food articles were left uncovered in the kitchen

Task force team of the Commissioner of Food Safety found spoilt food items, unhygienic kitchens and cockroach, housefly and rodent infestations in popular juice centres in the area

The inspecting teams observe dirty floors, water stagnation at the eateries

The inspection teams found the kitchen area to be highly unhygienic, with broken and patchy flooring and unclean walls.

At Amogha Hotel and Café, inspection teams discovered a severe rat infestation in the storage area. Additionally, they found that the hotel's toilet opened directly into the kitchen, posing a risk of contamination. The inspection also revealed the absence of pest control records, employee health records, water safety analysis reports, and the FOSTAC (Food Safety and Training Certificate) of the supervisors.

At The Fort, food safety inspection teams discovered a severe cockroach infestation, extremely unhygienic refrigerator conditions, and large quantities of stored boiled vegetables without proper labeling.

Commissioner of Food Safety teams find expired food items, severe cockroach infestation, rotten vegetables, foul-smelling kitchen walls, floors, and vessels

At Kishkinda Kitchen, live cockroach infestation was detected in kitchen and rat feces in storage, while at Poshnosh Lounge and Bar, inspecting teams found the facility was operating with an expired license since December, 2024

Although a welcome change, consumers have been alarmed by the kind of irregularities found at some noted restaurants.