# Restaurants, hotels shut temporarily after food safety crackdown in Maharashtra, Karnataka 2026-08-10T01:46:47+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Multiple restaurants and cafés across India are voluntarily shutting down for deep-cleaning after intensified food safety crackdowns by state regulators. Maharashtra FDA suspended licences of Mumbai's iconic Parsi Dairy Farm and several restaurants, while Karnataka's FDA seized 105 kg of expired food from Bengaluru hotels. The drives uncovered adulterated milk, fake paneer, and mislabelled oils worth crores. Maharashtra imposed a one-year ban on unstandardised analogue paneer, with life imprisonment penalties for worst violations. The state also seized 2,317 litres of adulterated milk and 6,849 kg of dairy products worth over Rs 45 lakh. A Beed district drive seized 1.2 lakh kg of adulterated oil worth Rs 1.9 crore, suspending five licences. The crackdown follows public complaints and social media posts about food quality. ## Coverage - economictimes.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: FDA Maharashtra, food safety, FSSAI, hygiene, legal action, restaurant inspections Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/restaurants-across-india-close-for-deep-cleaning-after-fssai-crackdown/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/restaurants-across-india-close-for-deep-cleaning-after-fssai-crackdown/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.