Bengaluru, Mumbai Restaurant Raids: How Rotten Food Reaches Plates

When you eat at a restaurant, you expect the food to be safe.

Recently, food safety inspectors visited restaurants in the Indian cities of Bengaluru and Mumbai.

They found rotten meat, spoiled vegetables and dirty kitchens.

Some restaurants in Mumbai and across the state of Maharashtra got in trouble, and some lost their licences.

Restaurants are supposed to follow many safety checks before food reaches your plate.

Food is checked when it arrives, and containers are labelled with dates so old food is used first.

A storekeeper inspects the delivery before it goes into the kitchen.

Sometimes things still go wrong because suppliers send bad food or refrigerators are too warm.

People may also make mistakes or skip checks when they are busy.

That is why inspectors keep finding spoiled food, and why customers should watch for warning signs like bad smells or messy counters.