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Telangana says restaurant suspensions followed serious food safety risks
Telangana food safety commissioner Avinash Mohanty says some Hyderabad restaurants were suspended after serious safety violations.
The department has inspected restaurants in recent months, and Mohanty says only a small share faced suspension while most received improvement or show-cause notices.
A delegation of restaurant owners led by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi met Mohanty to discuss the inspections.
The owners asked for time to correct deficiencies before suspension, where the law allows.
Mohanty says officers follow uniform guidelines and that suspension is necessary when violations create an extremely serious food safety hazard.
The rules also require food businesses to follow hygiene standards that have been in force since 2011.
Telangana food safety chief Avinash Mohanty said restaurant suspensions were necessary when violations created an extremely serious food safety hazard.
He said most inspected restaurants received improvement or show-cause notices, while only a small percentage faced suspension.
Restaurant owners led by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi met Mohanty on November 9 to discuss inspections and ask for time to correct deficiencies before suspension where legally permissible.
Mohanty said inspection guidelines required officers to apply uniform standards without preferential treatment.
- Who
- Telangana food safety chief Avinash Mohanty and a delegation of restaurant owners led by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
- What
- The delegation discussed restaurant inspections and sought time to correct deficiencies before suspension where legally permissible. Mohanty said suspension was necessary for violations posing an extremely serious food safety hazard.
- When
- The meeting took place on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- Restaurant owners raised concerns about suspension orders and asked for an opportunity to rectify deficiencies.
Restaurant owners
Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs
Suspensions
Restaurant owners
Owners said some cases could have been addressed with improvement notices instead of suspension.
Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs
Mohanty said suspension was necessary when violations posed an extremely serious food safety hazard.
Opportunity to correct deficiencies
Restaurant owners
The delegation asked for improvement notices identifying deficiencies and time to fix them before suspension where legally permissible.
Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs
Mohanty said officers used uniform guidelines to decide between improvement notices, show-cause notices and suspension orders based on the nature and severity of violations.
The Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations prescribed general hygiene and sanitation practices for food businesses.
Several popular Hyderabad restaurants came under scrutiny for hygiene and food safety violations, and some faced suspensions or licence cancellations.
A delegation of restaurant owners led by Asaduddin Owaisi met Avinash Mohanty to discuss inspections and suspension orders.
- Commissioner
- Avinash Mohanty
- Delegation leader
- Asaduddin Owaisi, Hyderabad MP
- Meeting date
- November 9, 2026
- Regulations cited
- Schedule IV of the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011
- Named establishments
- Hotel Nayaab, Pista House, Grand Hotel, Shah Ghouse, Sohail Hotel, Hotel Shadab, Imperial and Rumaan
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These requirements had been in force since 2011 and were not newly introduced regulations
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Hotels ka licence suspend karne jaisi sakht karwai se pehle hotel owners ko Improvement Notice diya jaaye aur unhein apni khaamiyan door karne ke liye munasib waqt diya jaaye. Twin Cities Hotel Owners Association ke delegation ke saath @c_tgsafe Commissioner Avinash Mohanty IPS