Food safety crackdown in Bengaluru: Shawarma, kebab, milk samples found unsafe
Food safety authorities in Karnataka have conducted widespread raids, finding unsafe samples of shawarma, kebabs, and milk across various establishments including hostels and anganwadis. The government is initiating legal action and imposing fines on businesses that violated food safety standards.
Why it matters
The crackdown addresses public health concerns regarding unhygienic food preparation and the illegal use of artificial colors in popular street foods.
The Food Safety and Drug Administration’s (FSDA) raids checking compliance with food safety norms in the State over the past two weeks have not only covered eateries, but government canteens, hostels and anganwadi centres as well, data released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare on Monday (August 17) showed.
Officials have inspected 629 hostels of Backward Classes Welfare Department, 331 hostels under the Social Welfare Department. A total of 1,860 and 556 food samples have been collected from these hostels, respectively, for analysis. The FSDA has inspected 603 anganwadi centres and collected 549 food samples.
Officials said that around 41 shawarma samples and 21 kebab samples were collected, of which nine shawarma samples and one kebab sample were reported as unsafe.
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