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Gallops Restaurant Licence Suspended After Mumbai Food Safety Violations
Food officials inspected Gallops restaurant in Mumbai.
They found several problems involving cleanliness and food storage.
Ice in a refrigerator had blood and ketchup stains from non-vegetarian food.
Some food supplies were kept in damaged packaging.
Inspectors also saw grease, worn walls, insects and water that had collected in places.
The restaurant did not have enough health-check and vaccination records for its food workers.
Because of these findings, the food authority suspended the restaurant’s licence immediately.
The restaurant cannot operate under that licence until the problems are addressed and permission is granted to resume.
Gallops has operated at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse since 1986.
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration suspended Gallops restaurant’s food licence with immediate effect.
Inspectors found blood and ketchup stains on ice stored in a refrigerator.
Raw materials were stored in torn packaging, while grease and deteriorated walls were noted in the kitchen.
Officials reported live cockroaches, ants, inadequate drainage and cockroach traps, and water stagnation.
The restaurant lacked adequate records of food handlers’ annual medical examinations and vaccinations.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration and M/s BJRS, operating as Gallops restaurant.
- What
- The restaurant’s food licence was suspended after an inspection found food safety, hygiene, pest-control and record-keeping violations.
- Where
- Gallops restaurant inside the Royal Western India Turf Club at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse.
- When
- The suspension took effect immediately after the inspection findings were recorded.
- Why
- Officials cited violations involving food storage, sanitation, pests, water stagnation, kitchen conditions and food-handler health records.
Key facts
- Regulator
- Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration
- Restaurant
- M/s BJRS, also known as Gallops
- Location
- Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mumbai
- Licence status
- Suspended with immediate effect
- Reported violations
- Food contamination stains, damaged packaging, grease, deteriorated walls, pests and water stagnation
- Food-handler records
- Inadequate records for annual medical examinations and vaccinations
- Established
- September 1, 1986
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