Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of four Domino’s outlets

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The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the food business licences of four Domino’s Pizza outlets, three in Mumbai and one in Satara, after inspections uncovered severe hygiene and food storage violations. The action is part of a larger drive that covered 104 chain restaurants, including KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Burger King. Across the state, two outlets received stop-business notices, 95 were served improvement notices, and five had their licences suspended. The FDA also inspected 120 hotels and dhabas, suspending 11 more licences.

At the Mumbai outlets, in Vile Parle West, Borivali West, and Ghatkopar’s R-City Mall, inspectors found active pest infestations, dirty kitchens, improper frozen-food temperature monitoring, and missing water-testing and hygiene records. The Satara outlet recorded about 40 per cent non-compliance. Separately, a Sapphire Foods India outlet in Karad, which runs KFC and Taco Bell, also had its licence suspended over issues including improper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian pizza preparation and missing expiry dates on sauces and toppings.