Rotten Food, Cockroaches Found During Inspection At 67 Telangana Food Outlets

Telangana's food safety authorities have intensified their crackdown on unsafe food practices, inspecting 67 establishments across the state in a special enforcement drive and suspending the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licences of seven outlets for serious violations.Ten enforcement teams comprising Food Safety Officers and police personnel inspected 21 establishments in Banjara Hills and Lakdikapool on Thursday. A separate drive was also carried out at 46 food businesses across districts outside Hyderabad's core urban region.The inspections revealed several hygiene and food safety lapses, including cockroach, housefly and rodent infestations, spoiled and contaminated meat, rotten vegetables, fungal-affected food items, and expired products. Officials also found filthy kitchens, poor waste disposal practices, inadequate personal hygiene among food handlers, and unclean refrigerators.In several establishments, raw vegetarian and non-vegetarian food was not stored separately.