Rotten meat found at UB City restaurant in Bengaluru during inspection
Other articles seized from other high-end eateries included 50 kg of duck, 5 kg of fish, 5 kg of green peas and 5 kg of mushrooms
The Karnataka government’s Food Safety and Drug Administration department continued its inspections at several restaurants and pubs in Bengaluru, seizing meat and beef found to be rotten with fungus.
The kitchen of Skyee Lounge at UB City was closed for allegedly being maintained in an unhygienic manner, officials said on Monday (August 10).
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On Sunday, inspections were conducted at six high-end eateries in UB City and Brigade Road as part of the department's ongoing drive to verify compliance with the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011.
45-kg of rotten chicken found
During the drive, milk and curds with an expiry date 10 days earlier were also found at the rooftop Skyee Lounge, whose kitchen has been closed for "unhygienic" maintenance, officials said.
According to the Food Safety and Drug Administration department, during an inspection at another high-end restaurant, Hotel Sky, at UB City, 45 kg of rotten chicken/beef, 6 kg of vegetable cutlet and 15 litres of used cooking oil were found. These food articles, found to be unfit for consumption, were discarded/destroyed as per procedure.
Other articles seized from other high-end eateries included 50 kg of duck, 5 kg of fish, 5 kg of green peas and 5 kg of mushrooms. In total, 132 kg of food articles were seized and disposed of during the inspection at these high-end restaurants, officials added.
Last week’s inspections
Last Friday (August 7), multiple teams of Food Safety officers carried out a special inspection of 26 three-star and five-star hotels in Bengaluru and collected 35 food samples for laboratory analysis and seizing expired food articles after detecting several violations of food safety norms.
Food samples collected during the inspection for laboratory analysis included tea powder, chicken, mutton, fish, edible oil, chilli powder, turmeric powder, tomato sauce, lemon juice, cheese, papad, cashew nuts, ginger and milk, the department said.
Among the major violations observed during the inspections were unhygienic conditions in kitchens and food storage areas, meat products not labelled in accordance with FSSAI requirements and storage of expired dairy and bakery products, meat and vegetables, it said.