They urge people to check hygiene of restaurants before consuming food to avoid health risks
safefoodmitra.com · 2023-11-30 09:02:05
Frozen meat, stale biryani rice, unhygienic storage points, poor sanitation and poor food handling of food material in the kitchens, these are the observations of Vigilance & Enforcement Department and Food Safety officials during their raids on various restaurants in Visakhapatnam for the last few months. The authorities have found that most of the restaurants have been blatantly flouting food safety norms posing a risk to the health safety of their customers. On November 28, the V&E officials led by SP G. Swaroopa Rani conducted raids on two restaurants at Jagadamba Junction and Madhurawada. In those restaurants, the teams have observed that chicken curry and fry, liver fry, mutton fry and prawns fry which were stored in refrigerators were taken out and heated again by the staff, to serve their customers. The Sanitary Inspector of the corporation has slapped a fine of ₹15,000 for the poor sanitation on one of the restaurants. The Food Inspectors have collected samples and sent for testing.