Mumbai, Oct 22 The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of 11 establishments, including two Domino’s Pizza outlets, for hygiene violations and other lapses.
The authority also seized nearly 38 tonnes of food stock worth Rs 54.66 lakh during a statewide inspection drive, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.
The FDA suspended the licences of nine establishments in Mumbai and two in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division, including Domino’s outlets in Bhandup West (Mumbai) and Beed, the statement said.
“Inspections on October 21 and 22 found violations of food safety regulations, including unhygienic kitchens and drainage systems, rusted racks and utensils, the mixing of returned bread with fresh stock, incomplete temperature records, workers lacking medical certificates and the use of unauthorised food colours in sweets,” it said.
The FDA seized a total of 37,991.4 kg of food stock, with an estimated value of Rs 54.66 lakh, during the drive across the state.
The Konkan division accounted for the largest seizure, confiscating 33,286 kg of rajma and pulses worth around Rs 50.05 lakh from RDC Agro Ventures Pvt Ltd in Navi Mumbai. The stock was suspected to be substandard and wrongly labelled, said the statement.
In Nashik division, officials seized 483.4 kg of food items, including refined soybean oil, butter, ghee, yellow sev and papdi, worth around Rs 1.70 lakh. The action followed concerns over the quality of the products, including the absence of a functioning laboratory, a technical person and analysis reports at one establishment.
The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division seized 4,222 kg of jaggery and fennel seeds worth around Rs 2.91 lakh from Aurangabad Cold Storage LLP.
The nine establishments in Mumbai whose licences were suspended include S K Bakery in Mazgaon, Nekzad Restaurant in Grant Road, Foodies Multi Cuisine in Bandra West, Arabian Luqma in Jogeshwari West, Delhi Zaiak in Kurla West, You Mee at R City Mall in Ghatkopar West, Bikkgane Biryani in Govandi and a Domino’s Pizza outlet in Bhandup West, the FDA said.
The FDA also suspended the licences of a Domino’s Pizza outlet in Beed and K K Bakers in Rahmat Nagar, Parbhani, following inspection-related violations. The action was taken under the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, the statement said.
(PTI News)
