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Expired meat, fungal veggies found at 26 Bengaluru hotels
Food safety officials in Bengaluru inspected 26 three-star and five-star hotels on August 7 and found expired meat, milk, and fungal-ridden vegetables. The 30 teams from the Food Safety and Drug Administration…
The Story in Brief
Food safety officials in Bengaluru inspected 26 three-star and five-star hotels on August 7 and found expired meat, milk, and fungal-ridden vegetables. The 30 teams from the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department collected 35 samples for lab testing and seized over 290 kg of food items plus 32 litres of expired milk.
Violations included unhygienic kitchens, improper FSSAI labelling, and failure to separate vegetarian and non-vegetarian storage. Notices have been issued to the hotel operators, and adjudication will begin under the Food Safety and Standards Act. The crackdown follows a rise in public complaints about food quality in Karnataka.
The Indian Opinion
This raid punctures the idea that star ratings guarantee hygiene. For too long, customers have trusted price as a proxy for safety. Neither side of the political aisle can claim clean hands: such violations happen under every government unless inspections are routine and penalties sting. The real test is whether the lab results lead to actual convictions and whether the department conducts follow-up checks, not just a one-day photo op.
Sources (2): timesnownews.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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