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Karnataka FDA seizes 132 kg rotten food from 5 Bengaluru hotels
Karnataka's food safety department on Sunday seized and destroyed 132 kg of food items from five Bengaluru hotels, including rotten meat with fungus, spoiled vegetables, and used cooking oil. Skyye lounge at…
The Story in Brief
Karnataka's food safety department on Sunday seized and destroyed 132 kg of food items from five Bengaluru hotels, including rotten meat with fungus, spoiled vegetables, and used cooking oil. Skyye lounge at UB City was sealed after officials found 45 kg of rotten chicken and beef, vegetable cutlets, and 15 litres of used oil. Other hotels hit were Royal Chain Hotel (55 kg of duck and fish), Madras Kitchen (5 kg green peas), Tescon Hotel (5 kg mushrooms), and Senchez Hotel (3 kg fish plus cooked food).
The action follows a wider crackdown: on Friday, 30 teams inspected 26 three-star and five-star hotels and collected 35 samples for lab testing. Violations included expired products, fungal growth, unhygienic storage, and improper segregation of veg and non-veg food. Separately, Maharashtra FDA inspected 63 Mumbai restaurants between August 4 and 6, suspending licences of seven and issuing notices to 38.
The Indian Opinion
Headlines about fungus on meat and sealed luxury hotels feed a narrative that all eateries serve poison. But the real story is that the FDA is actually working, catching violators in surprise checks. Skip the panic. The meaningful number to watch is not the 132 kg discarded but the 35 samples sent for lab testing. Their results will tell us if the problem is rotten stock alone or systemic contamination across Bengaluru's kitchen supply chain.
Sources (3): hindustantimes.com, thenewsminute.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
