Kerala intensifies food safety checks for online Onasadya deliveries

Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan has ordered stepped-up food safety inspections at establishments delivering Onasadya and other food parcels through online platforms. Authorities will check raw material quality, storage conditions, expired or spoiled products, labelling, and batch details at distribution centres.

Special scrutiny will be given to items such as pappadams, jaggery, coconut oil, and ghee. Samples will be sent to laboratories for quality testing. Inspections have been intensified across hotels, restaurants, catering facilities, and cloud kitchens.

Under the Onam Squad drive, 5,016 inspections have been conducted across the state so far. Notices were issued to 705 establishments where violations were found, and recommendations have been made to impose fines on 390 units.