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Bengaluru rooftop lounge kitchen shut after rotten meat, expired dairy found
Food safety inspectors are like health detectives who check that restaurants keep their food safe to eat.
They visited fancy places to eat in Bengaluru, a big city in India.
At one rooftop lounge, they found old chicken and beef that had gone bad, with fungus growing on it.
They also found milk and curd that had expired about ten days earlier.
The inspectors shut down the lounge's kitchen because it was not clean.
They threw away the bad food so nobody would get sick.
In total, they removed about 132 kilograms of unsafe food from several restaurants and food storage warehouses.
They also found lots of soy sauce that was about to expire.
The inspectors will punish restaurants that break food safety rules.
This is part of a bigger effort to keep the food people eat clean and safe.
Food safety officials closed the kitchen of Skyye Lounge, a rooftop restaurant on the 16th floor of Bengaluru's UB City, over unhygienic conditions.
Inspectors found 45 kg of rotten, fungus-infested chicken and beef, 6 kg of vegetable cutlets and 15 litres of used cooking oil at Skyye Lounge.
Officials seized or disposed of around 132 kg of food articles across high-end eateries in UB City and Brigade Road.
About 70 kg of soy sauce and other sauces nearing expiry, plus around 10 litres of beverages, were seized at storage facilities run by Coldman Logistics and Radhakrishna Foodland.
Legal action is planned under the Food Safety and Standards Act after inspections that also covered hotels such as Royal Chain Hotel, Madras Kitchen, Tescon Hotel and Senchez Hotel.
A previous FSDA crackdown on August 7 targeted several prominent hotels; LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru disputed the findings of that raid.
- Who
- Officials from the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) and food business operators, including Skyye Lounge at UB City.
- What
- A food safety raid found rotten meat, expired dairy and other unfit food items, leading to the closure of Skyye Lounge's kitchen and the seizure or disposal of 132 kg of food articles.
- Where
- Bengaluru's UB City complex and Brigade Road, along with food storage facilities across Bengaluru Urban district and BBMP zones.
- When
- Inspections at the eateries were conducted on Sunday; food storage facilities were inspected on August 8, following an earlier crackdown on August 7.
- Why
- As part of an ongoing drive to enforce compliance with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and related regulations.
Food safety enforcement
Hotel industry response
Condition of seized food
Food safety enforcement
Officials said meat and beef were rotten with fungus, milk and curd had expired, and the food was unfit for consumption.
Hotel industry response
LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru said the meat and frozen products cited in reports were frozen and were not found to be spoiled or unfit for consumption.
Expired dairy products
Food safety enforcement
Inspectors flagged milk and curd that had expired and dairy past its use-by date at multiple establishments.
Hotel industry response
LaLiT Ashok said its milk was one day beyond its 'Best Before' date, had already been identified for withdrawal and was not intended to be served to guests.
Compliance with food safety norms
Food safety enforcement
Officials said they found serious lapses in food storage and that some establishments attempted to conceal manufacturing and expiry dates.
Hotel industry response
LaLiT Ashok said it takes food safety seriously, is cooperating with authorities, and has reinforced its food storage and date-monitoring processes.
Key facts
- Rotten meat found at Skyye Lounge
- 45 kg of chicken and beef with fungus
- Total food articles seized or disposed
- 132 kg
- Expired dairy found
- Milk and curd expired around 10 days earlier
- Sauces nearing expiry
- About 70 kg, including soy sauce
- Used cooking oil disposed
- 15 litres
- Other affected eateries
- Royal Chain Hotel, Madras Kitchen, Tescon Hotel and Senchez Hotel
- Storage facilities inspected
- Coldman Logistics and Radhakrishna Foodland
- Legal basis
- Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
Quotes
LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru spokesperson
Spokesperson for LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru hotel
“The LaLiT Ashok Bengaluru takes food safety, hygiene and quality standards with utmost seriousness. We are fully cooperating with the authorities and have already reviewed and reinforced our food storage, inventory management and product-date monitoring processes in line with the observations made during the inspection.”
indianexpress.com
“The meat and beef were rotten with fungus. The milk and curds had expired 10 days ago. The food articles were found unfit for consumption and discarded or destroyed as per procedure.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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