Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Kolkata Food Safety Raids Find Storage Lapses at Restaurants
Kolkata officials are checking restaurants to make sure food is stored safely.
They found frozen meat and gravy at some restaurants that did not meet the rules.
Two restaurants had stored cooked food incorrectly.
Their refrigerated items also did not have proper labels.
The restaurants were told to fix the problems within a week.
Their licences could be temporarily suspended if they do not improve.
Inspectors found satisfactory conditions at restaurants in three shopping malls.
The inspections are part of a larger food-safety campaign across the state.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation teams discarded frozen meat and ready-made gravy from restaurants on Bentick Street and Waterloo Street.
Two central Kolkata restaurants were cited for improper cooked-food storage and missing labels on refrigerated items.
The restaurants were given one week to improve or risk temporary licence suspension.
Inspections at 65 restaurants across South City, Acropolis and Metropolis malls found satisfactory sanitation and storage conditions.
The wider drive has also seized unlabeled chicken and prawns, dyed laddus and stale makha sandesh.
- Who
- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department and state health department inspection teams.
- What
- Officials conducted food-safety raids, discarded improperly stored or mislabeled food, and issued notices to two restaurants.
- When
- The latest inspections took place on Sunday; the wider drive began on Wednesday and runs during food safety week from September 1 to 8.
- Where
- Restaurants on Bentick Street and Waterloo Street, plus food outlets at South City Mall, Acropolis Mall and Metropolis Mall in Kolkata.
- Why
- To check compliance with food-storage, labeling, food-handling and kitchen-hygiene requirements.
- Restaurants inspected at South City Mall
- 36
- Restaurants inspected at Acropolis Mall
- 18
- Food outlets inspected at Metropolis Mall
- 11
- Corrective-action deadline
- One week
- Potential penalty
- Temporary licence suspension
- Earlier seizure at Big Boss restaurant
- Nearly 500kg of refrigerated chicken and prawns
- Food safety week
- September 1 to 8