THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After KFC,
the licence of one more prominent restaurant in the city was suspended
on Friday. Customers found cockroaches in the dish served to them at
Hotel Sindhoor, functioning at Vazhuthacaud and informed the food safety
authority. The food safety officials inspected the restaurant and found
that it was functioning in unhygienic conditions and asked the
management to close the eatery. According to food safety
commissioner in-charge Anil Kumar, the complaint was registered by a
government employee Uma Maheswari through the authority's toll free
number. She is the Confidential Assistant to the Tourism Secretary at
the Secretariat. She said that she had gone to the restaurant with her
daughter to have lunch. Her daughter ordered fried rice while she
ordered fish curry meals for herself along with a dish a prawn. She
alleged that the cockroaches were found in the prawn dish.
When she complained, the restaurant authorities tried to appease her by offering to replace the dish, she told in her complaint. The mobile vigilance team of the food safety authority that inspected the restaurant found the complaint genuine."The kitchen of the restaurant was completely unhygienic," said food safety officer A Satheesh Kumar. He said that cockroaches, cats and rats were found in the kitchen. The box in which dried chilly was kept was also filled with cockroaches. Meat and vegetables were stored together in the freezer. The contents in the freezer also turned stale, he said. He also said that the team visited the sister concern of the restaurant that functioned at Kowdiar where they detected some minor hygienic problems, they could not find any grave instance of callousness there. However, they have issued a notice to the management of the restaurant to improve the facilities there. Meanwhile, the food safety authority officials also said that they would kick start the second phase of state-wide raids from Monday. At least 50 teams will be operative in the state on each day.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
When she complained, the restaurant authorities tried to appease her by offering to replace the dish, she told in her complaint. The mobile vigilance team of the food safety authority that inspected the restaurant found the complaint genuine."The kitchen of the restaurant was completely unhygienic," said food safety officer A Satheesh Kumar. He said that cockroaches, cats and rats were found in the kitchen. The box in which dried chilly was kept was also filled with cockroaches. Meat and vegetables were stored together in the freezer. The contents in the freezer also turned stale, he said. He also said that the team visited the sister concern of the restaurant that functioned at Kowdiar where they detected some minor hygienic problems, they could not find any grave instance of callousness there. However, they have issued a notice to the management of the restaurant to improve the facilities there. Meanwhile, the food safety authority officials also said that they would kick start the second phase of state-wide raids from Monday. At least 50 teams will be operative in the state on each day.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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