# Mysuru food raids seize 68 kg meat, chicken; Mangaluru outlet shut 2026-08-15T18:11:12+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Food safety officials in Mysuru seized 68 kg of meat from Grand Mercure Hotel, 9 kg of expired chicken from Rio Meridian Hotel, and 4 kg of mushrooms from Q Star Hotel during inspections on Saturday. The drive targeted expiry dates, storage conditions, and compliance with FSSAI norms across the city and district. Separately in Mangaluru, the FSSAI directed a global food chain outlet at a mall to stop operations after a complaint about foul-smelling chicken. Dr Praveen Kumar, Designated Officer in Dakshina Kannada, told Deccan Herald that a preliminary inspection suggested the odour came from old stock. Samples will be sent for lab testing, and the outlet can resume only after the premises are cleaned and re-certified. The Karnataka Health Department’s Food Safety Division has stepped up inspections in recent weeks, including finding expired raw materials at a Bengaluru hospital canteen and at the Arogya Soudha canteen. In Maharashtra, the state regulator has suspended licences of 14 businesses linked to Blinkit, Zepto, and Instamart over safety violations. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com - deccanherald.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-15T19:34:22+00:00. Tags: FSSAI, Karnataka Health Department, Mysuru Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mysuru-food-safety-drive-68-kg-meat-9-kg-chicken-seized/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mysuru-food-safety-drive-68-kg-meat-9-kg-chicken-seized/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/