Visakhapatnam food inspections uncover storage and kitchen hygiene violations
Food safety officials in Visakhapatnam destroyed about 90 kilograms of chicken and sealed several restaurant kitchens after overnight inspections found alleged storage and hygiene violations. Notices and cases were issued at multiple establishments, according to officials, who said the operation covered food quality, storage and kitchen conditions.
Food safety officials in Visakhapatnam have destroyed about 90 kilograms of chicken and sealed several kitchens after inspections found alleged violations of storage and hygiene rules. The inspections took place at hotels and restaurants on Thursday night. Director of Drugs and Food Safety P.
Arun Babu led the team and personally inspected several establishments, according to an official statement. At Kamath Hotel on Beach Road, officials destroyed around 60 kilograms of chicken that had allegedly been stored in breach of regulations. They issued an improvement notice, sealed the kitchen over unhygienic conditions and registered a case.
Officials found another 30 kilograms of chicken at Pista House, also on Beach Road, and destroyed it. The establishment received an improvement notice and a case was registered for non-compliance with food safety rules. The inspection team also sealed the kitchens at Alpha Hotel in Jagadamba Centre and Fusion Foods in Siripuram after finding unhygienic conditions.
Both establishments were issued notices before the seals were placed. At Eastern Spice Restaurant in Akkayyapalem, officials issued an improvement notice and registered a case for failure to maintain hygiene standards in the kitchen. The source material did not state whether food was destroyed at that establishment.
The inspections examined food quality and storage as well as kitchen hygiene. The team included Joint Food Controller B. Srinivas, Assistant Food Controllers Kalyan Chakravarthi and Venugopal Rao, and food safety officers Ravikumar, Apparao, Ravindra Reddy, Srinu and Ananda Rao.
The report did not specify the penalties that may follow the notices and cases, or say whether the sealed kitchens could reopen after corrective measures. It also did not identify the alleged causes of the chicken-storage violations.
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