Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Kolkata Food Safety Teams Raid Restaurants Ahead of Puja
Kolkata city officials visited restaurants and other food shops to check whether food was being stored and prepared safely.
They inspected 17 places in Esplanade and 14 in Hatibagan and Hedua.
They threw away nearly 250 kilograms of food they considered unsafe.
Eleven Esplanade businesses received notices telling them to fix problems, and one business in the northern areas was told to temporarily stop selling food.
Inspectors found missing labels with dates, unhygienic kitchens and some stale food.
They told businesses to keep food covered, track when stored food was prepared and show valid licences and purchase records.
The city plans to keep checking food sellers during Durga Puja.
Kolkata Municipal Corporation teams inspected 17 Esplanade outlets on Friday and issued notices to 11.
Officials discarded nearly 250kg of food, including fish fry, chicken kebabs, potatoes, laddus and marinated chicken.
A separate team visited 14 outlets in Hatibagan and Hedua, issuing one notice requiring a business to temporarily stop operating.
Inspectors cited hygiene problems, missing date tags and stale food, and directed businesses to improve storage and kitchen conditions.
The KMC says inspections will continue during Durga Puja, including at stalls near festival pandals and busy restaurants.
- Who
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department teams inspected food businesses.
- What
- Teams conducted food safety raids, discarded nearly 250kg of food and issued notices.
- When
- Friday, ahead of the Puja; the article does not give a specific date.
- Where
- Esplanade, Hatibagan and Hedua in Kolkata.
- Why
- To address food safety and hygiene violations and make food businesses more accountable.
Food safety enforcement
Food businesses
Response to violations
Food safety enforcement
KMC teams said they found hygiene problems, missing date tags and stale food, and ordered businesses to correct deficiencies or temporarily stop operating.
Food businesses
The article does not report statements from the inspected businesses or present their responses.
- Esplanade outlets inspected
- 17
- Esplanade notices issued
- 11
- Food discarded in Friday's drive
- Nearly 250kg
- Hatibagan and Hedua outlets visited
- 14
- Notices requiring temporary cessation
- One refrain notice
- Earlier September drive
- 592 establishments visited; samples collected at 161 places; 1,224kg of food discarded