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Hyderabad suspends four eateries’ food safety licences after inspections
Telangana food safety officials suspended the licences of four Hyderabad eateries after finding serious hygiene violations.
Seven teams inspected 13 restaurants and canteens across the city on October 13.
The inspections found problems including cockroaches and rodents, food waste on floors, stagnant water and clogged drains.
A fifth establishment, Padmasree Canteen, was ordered to stop operating because it lacked a food safety licence and had unhygienic conditions.
Officials collected 16 food samples for testing to check whether they meet safety standards.
The inspections aim to address conditions that officials said could risk public health.
Officials plan further inspections and notices, with additional action to depend on the findings.
Telangana’s TG SAFE suspended the FSSAI licences of four Hyderabad eateries after inspections found serious hygiene violations.
The eateries were ordered to stop operations immediately.
Seven enforcement teams inspected 13 restaurants and canteens across the city on October 13.
Officials collected 16 food samples to check for possible adulteration and compliance with safety standards.
A separate canteen was ordered to stop operating because it lacked an FSSAI licence and had unhygienic conditions.
- Who
- Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) and seven enforcement teams carried out the inspections.
- What
- TG SAFE suspended the FSSAI licences of four eateries and ordered them to stop operating.
- When
- October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- Inspections found serious hygiene violations that officials said posed a risk to public health.
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Seven enforcement teams inspected 13 restaurants and canteens across Hyderabad.
TG SAFE suspended the licences of four eateries and ordered them to stop operating.
Officials collected 16 food samples for examination.
- Eateries with suspended licences
- NR’s Nandini Sudha; Sai Darshini; Universal Restaurant; Harsha Delux Mess
- Inspections
- 13 restaurants and canteens
- Enforcement teams
- Seven
- Food samples collected
- 16
- Additional closure order
- Padmasree Canteen at the IACG Hostel Mess, Madhapur
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