Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Kolkata Civic Body Raids Gariahat Market in Food Safety Drive
Kolkata officials are checking whether food sellers are storing and selling food safely.
On Monday, they visited Gariahat market.
They inspected shops selling fish, chicken, and mutton.
They also took food samples to a laboratory for testing.
Officials found frozen chicken and mutton without dates showing when they were stored.
About 10 to 15 kilograms of this meat was taken away.
It was destroyed so nobody could eat it.
The officials also warned traders to follow food-safety rules.
Similar checks were carried out at restaurants, sweet shops, and food stalls in other parts of Kolkata.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation officials inspected Gariahat market for food quality and storage violations.
Officials collected fish, chicken and mutton samples from market outlets for laboratory testing.
Around 10 to 15 kilograms of undated frozen chicken and mutton were seized and disposed of.
The meat was destroyed with phenyl water because its packets lacked required storage-date information.
The wider campaign also covered restaurants, food courts, sweet shops, and food stalls across Kolkata.
- Who
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation Food Safety Department officials and market traders.
- What
- Officials inspected food storage, collected samples, seized undated frozen meat, and expanded inspections across food businesses.
- When
- The Gariahat market raid took place on Monday; related raids were conducted on Sunday and Saturday.
- Where
- Gariahat market and other restaurants, food courts, shops, and food stalls across Kolkata.
- Why
- To enforce food-safety and storage requirements and protect consumers from substandard or improperly stored food.
- Inspecting authority
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation Food Safety Department
- Main location
- Gariahat market, south Kolkata
- Items sampled
- Fish, chicken, and mutton
- Meat seized
- Approximately 10 to 15 kilograms of frozen chicken and mutton
- Reason for seizure
- The frozen meat packets lacked required storage-date information
- Disposal method
- The meat was treated with phenyl water and disposed of
- Other inspections
- Restaurants, food courts, sweet shops, bread and milk factories, and food stalls across Kolkata and adjoining districts