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Mysuru Food Safety Drive: 68 Kg Meat, 9 Kg Chicken Seized
Food safety officials in Mysuru seized 68 kg of expired meat from Grand Mercure Hotel, 9 kg of chicken from Rio Meridian Hotel, and 4 kg of mushrooms from Q Star Hotel…
The Story in Brief
Food safety officials in Mysuru seized 68 kg of expired meat from Grand Mercure Hotel, 9 kg of chicken from Rio Meridian Hotel, and 4 kg of mushrooms from Q Star Hotel during inspections on Saturday. The drive covered multiple hotels across the city and district, checking expiry dates, storage conditions and compliance with FSSAI norms.
Separately, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration suspended licences of 14 establishments linked to Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart after state-wide checks. In Bengaluru, a hospital canteen was found storing expired rava, icing sugar and pani puris. Karnataka's health department also resumed eatery inspections this week, finding expired idli rava and coconut powder at a government canteen.
The Indian Opinion
The usual cry of a sudden crackdown misses the point: these inspections are routine, and the seized quantities, 68 kg across a chain hotel, 9 kg from one, suggest not a citywide crisis but targeted lapses. The real test is whether follow-up action, such as licence suspension, matches the scale of the violations seen in Bengaluru and Maharashtra. Will the hotels named face penalties that actually deter future shortcuts? Or will this remain a press-release exercise without teeth?
Source: timesnownews.com
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