India: Three Hotels were shut down and thirty eight were served warning by the Food Safety Department for selling stale food. According to officials, three hotels were closed down after unhygienic conditions were reported.The department also have collected Rs 1,80,000 as fine from various hotels.
The three hotels were closed down for unhygienic conditions They were located in Kaloor, Thripunithara and Hill Palace. During the raid they found that food was prepared in very unhygienic conditions, plates were not washed, waste was dumped without care, and workers were wearing dirty clothes. The Food Safety Department will Continue to check hotels as required by the new food safety act,
Officials said that people should be wary of eating food from hotels as most hotels add synthetic colour to the food. About 70 per cent of the non-vegetarian food and 40 per cent of the vegetarian food are prepared using colours. This is very harmful, since there are chances of causing cancer and infertility. “These colours were so sticky that we had to wash our hands several times after collecting samples from the hotels,” officials said.
Food safety officials also found that several bakeries and hotels were using milk which was past its expiration date.
Indias new Food safety Law is a great step forward. For the first time they will be able to have food recalls.
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