Food Safety Crackdown Snares Mumbai's Famed Restaurants
Mundhe inspected nearly 900 businesses in July and suspended more than 100 licences as the crackdown hit elite restaurants and hotels.
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Food safety crackdown snares Mumbai’s famed eateries
When food safety inspectors raided a Mumbai dessert parlor famed for its ice cream sandwiches last month, they found rats, houseflies and expired flavoring agents. At another beloved restaurant known for slow-cooked mutton and beef stews, they discovered meat stored in filthy containers, greasy floo
On paper, Indian food safety regulations are strict, but their enforcement leaves much to be desired, especially among street vendors.
Sanitary fish found rats, flies and vanquished food in a well-known Mumbai confectionery specializing in ice cream sandwiches. In another restaurant known for the slow-cooked lamb stews, the agents found meat stored in filthy containers, fat-covered floors and open windows that allowed the entry of insects and crows. The authorities determined the closure of the two establishments as part of a restaurant inspection campaign conducted in Mumbai, …
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