TG SAFE finds food safety violations at hotels on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway

TG SAFE Food Wing and Enforcement officials inspected hotels along the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway between Koyyalagudem and Kodad. They found unhygienic kitchens, pests, improper food storage and expired FSSAI licences, prompting closures and the issuance of show-cause and improvement notices.

Hyderabad: Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) Food Wing and Enforcement officials on Tuesday conducted inspections at various hotels located between Koyyalagudem and Kodad on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway.

During the inspections, the food safety teams observed several violations of food safety norms and initiated action accordingly. The observations during the inspections at these eateries included presence of cockroaches and rats in storage area, preparation of food in an unhygienic kitchen, infestation of pests in raw ingredients like lentils/pulses, and failure to store meat and dairy products at the correct temperatures or in the proper manner.

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The teams also observed storage of food items cooked on the previous day and operations with an expired FSSAI license. Following the violations observed during these inspections, some hotels were being closed down, show-cause notices were being issued to some, and improvement notices were being issued to others.