Sarvi Food Court, 7 Sisters, Habitat Cafe, among Hyderabad eateries facing action after food safety inspection
The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) conducted inspections of 21 eateries in Hyderabad, uncovering severe hygiene violations. Several popular restaurants face show-cause notices, improvement orders, or license suspensions due to issues like pest infestations and contaminated food.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing public health concerns regarding food safety standards in major Indian urban centers and the regulatory response to protect consumers.
Several well-known Hyderabad restaurants and cafes including Habitat Cafe, Sarvi Food Court, 7 Sisters Restaurant, Keshava Reddy Sweets, Seasons Xpress and All Seasons Restaurant, are facing action following a food safety inspection drive conducted by the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) on Thursday, September 10.
Ten enforcement teams comprising Food Safety Officers and police personnel inspected 21 restaurants, bakeries, sweet shops, hotels and hostels during the drive and detected a range of food safety and hygiene violations at some of the establishments.
The violations included the use of spoiled or contaminated meat and vegetables, cockroach, housefly and rodent infestation, unhygienic premises, poor maintenance of records and unclean refrigerators. Officials also found inadequate segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, improper labelling, expired food articles, pest-infested food and poor personal hygiene among food handlers.
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