Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Food Safety Violations Found At Seven Hyderabad Restaurants
Food safety officials inspected seven popular restaurants in Hyderabad.
They found problems such as expired food, pests and poor storage.
Some vegetables were spoiled, and some food labels may not have followed the rules.
At Pista House, officials seized dry fruits, noodles and potato chips.
These items were worth about Rs 17,500.
Officials also collected 11 food samples to check whether they were adulterated.
The samples will be tested in a laboratory.
The restaurants received notices and may face more action if violations are confirmed or problems are not fixed.
TG SAFE inspected seven restaurants in Hyderabad’s Core Urban Region on Saturday.
Officials reported expired food, poor hygiene, improper storage, spoiled vegetables and pest infestation.
At Pista House, officials seized food items worth about Rs 17,500 over alleged misbranding violations.
Eleven food samples were collected across the restaurants for laboratory testing over suspected adulteration.
TG SAFE issued four improvement notices and three show-cause notices, with further action possible.
- Who
- The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs, assisted by Food Safety Officers and police personnel, inspected the restaurants.
- What
- Officials found multiple food safety and hygiene violations, collected 11 samples and issued seven notices.
- When
- The inspections were carried out on Saturday; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- Seven restaurants in Hyderabad’s Core Urban Region: Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Tolichowki and Gachibowli.
- Why
- The inspections were part of TG SAFE’s wider food safety enforcement campaign.
- Restaurants inspected
- Seven
- Inspection area
- Hyderabad’s Core Urban Region
- Food samples collected
- 11
- Notices issued
- Four improvement notices and three show-cause notices
- Items seized at Pista House
- 15 kg of dry fruits, 24 kg of dry noodles and 5 kg of potato chips
- Estimated value of seized items
- About Rs 17,500
- Earlier enforcement activity
- 32 sweet and savoury units inspected; 35 samples collected and around 15 tonnes of food articles worth Rs 30 lakh seized