Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Maharashtra FDA Suspends Radio Club, McDonald’s Licences Over Hygiene
Maharashtra’s food safety department inspected many restaurants and hotels.
It said that some places were not following important hygiene rules.
Inspectors found flies and cockroaches in the Bombay Presidency Radio Club’s kitchen.
They also found food and cleaning chemicals stored in unsafe ways.
A McDonald’s kiosk in Colaba still had many problems during a follow-up inspection.
Status Restaurant and Khar Gymkhana were also suspended over reported hygiene issues.
The department inspected 89 establishments and gave notices to many of them.
Restaurants with suspended licences were told to stop handling and selling food during the suspension.
The Maharashtra FDA inspected 89 hotels, restaurants and dhabas across the state on August 19 and 20, issuing improvement notices to 71 establishments and suspending 13 licences.
The Bombay Presidency Radio Club in Colaba had live flies, dead cockroaches, peeling plaster, chemicals stored near food and food kept on the floor, according to inspectors.
A Colaba McDonald’s kiosk allegedly failed to correct 18 of 20 deficiencies identified in an earlier notice, including pest-control, refrigeration and food-handling problems.
Status Restaurant, Khar Gymkhana and four other Mumbai establishments also faced licence or registration suspensions over reported hygiene and food-safety violations.
The FDA said suspended establishments must stop relevant food purchases, production, sales and distribution until the suspension is lifted.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration, led by Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, and the inspected food establishments.
- What
- The FDA suspended the food licences or registration certificate of 13 establishments after reporting hygiene and food-safety violations.
- When
- Inspections were conducted on August 19 and 20, 2026; several reinspections and actions occurred during the same August drive.
- Where
- Across Maharashtra, including Mumbai areas such as Colaba, Nariman Point, Khar West, Santacruz West and Andheri West.
- Why
- The FDA said it found serious or unresolved problems involving sanitation, pests, food storage, equipment, food handling and cross-contamination.
- Statewide inspections
- FDA teams inspected 89 hotels, restaurants and dhabas over August 19 and 20.
- Improvement notices
- The FDA issued improvement notices to 71 establishments.
- Licence suspensions
- The FDA said 13 establishments across Maharashtra had their licences suspended, including seven in Mumbai.
- Radio Club findings
- The Bombay Presidency Radio Club recorded a 47 per cent non-compliance rate, with flies, cockroaches and multiple kitchen hygiene problems reported.
- Radio Club legal action
- Its licence was suspended under Section 32(3) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
- McDonald’s reinspection
- The Colaba kiosk allegedly had 18 of 20 deficiencies from an earlier improvement notice still unresolved.
- Other Mumbai establishments
- Status Restaurant, Khar Gymkhana, Bajrang Sweet Mart, ASM Hotels and Hospitality Services and Novaara were among the Mumbai establishments named in the FDA actions.
Sources
FDA suspends licenses of Radio Club, McDonald's outlet in south Mumbai
Maharashtra FDA suspends licences of Radio Club, McDonald’s, and 5 other Mumbai eateries
‘Flies, cockroaches’: FDA suspends licence of Mumbai’s 98-year-old Radio Club, Status Restaurant
Cockroaches, flies, dirty kitchens: Maharashtra FDA suspends McDonald’s, Radio Club licences in south Mumbai
Roach, Flies, Fakes: Action Against Mumbai McDonald's Outlet, Elite Clubs
