On September 2, some task force teams of Telangana’s Commissioner of Food Safety conducted raids at the well-known restaurants of Banjara Hills in Hyderabad and reported many cases of violation of hygiene standards.
At Niloufer Cafe concerned with food safety and hygiene, unopened containers of sugar syrup, and spices and other food items that were assorted were seen in the refrigerator. Some Deli Cake displayed for sale was not labeled at all and Jean discovered such expired elements as the kitchen a 0.5 kg thickener of cheese besides other items that included Kashmiri paprika powder and 5 kg of roasted peanuts.
At Haiku, hundreds of dirty dishes were put away because it was too busy to wash them, and the floor around the sink area was completely slippery with stagnant water and food waste in and out of the drains. Some of the volatile food that has since expired cumin seeds, black sesame, Tamarind and some red Lotus flour had been disposed of. Canned foods which had no labels were also kept in the refrigerators and some of the tiles making up the kitchen floor had been broken.
There was no FOSTAC-oriented trainee in practice at Raja Deluxe Restaurant. The floor posed danger since it was soaked and some of the drains had standing water. The doors as well as windows did not have any anti-insect screens or mesh and the raw meat storage refrigerator was noted to be dirtied. The foods in the refrigerator were stored without any labels and a mix of vegetarian and non vegetarian foods was evident. Food colours, in synthetic form, were discovered in the kitchen and thrown out afterward. As reported in a press release, FIFO was not practised in the storeroom and there were dustbins left uncovered in the kitchen.
