Maharashtra FDA Inspects Court Canteens Amid Selective Crackdown Concerns

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) checked three canteens inside the Bombay High Court after judges asked if the FDA was only targeting private restaurants.

All three canteens had problems.

Two were not allowed to operate because they didn't have the right licence, so they were told to stop.

The third had a licence but still needed to fix some hygiene issues.

The judges told the FDA to also check canteens in government buildings like the Mantralaya.

The FDA promised it would treat all food places the same, whether they are private or run by the government.

The state has already inspected over a thousand food places, stopped many restaurants, and seized a lot of bad food.