Mumbai:
The Maharashtra Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday stated it had suspended the enterprise licences of 4 Domino’s Pizza retailers within the state, three of them in Mumbai. The motion towards the retailers operated by Jubiliant Foodworks got here after inspections that came upon a number of meals security and hygiene violations.
In keeping with a press notice by the FDA, the three Mumbai retailers whose licences acquired suspended embody – Vile Parle (West), Borivali (West), and R-Metropolis Mall, Ghatkopar (West). Moreover, the enterprise licence of the Domino’s Malkapur outlet in Satara’s Karad was additionally suspended.
The motion was taken throughout a particular inspection drive carried out between July 10 and August 11, 2026, the FDA stated.
The meals security authority additionally suspended the licence of a Sapphire Meals India Ltd. outlet in Karad, Satara, taking the overall variety of main chain restaurant retailers going through licence suspension within the motion to 5. The corporate operates widespread quick meals chains together with KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in India.
Meals Security Lapses Flagged
On the Domino’s retailers, the inspections discovered deficiencies regarding meals storage, hygiene, pest management, temperature monitoring, cleansing and sanitation, meals testing and upkeep of food-safety information.
On the Vile Parle outlet, inspectors flagged points together with deficiencies in ingesting water and meals storage preparations, pest-control and hygiene amenities, temperature monitoring of frozen meals, sanitation of food-preparation areas and hand-washing amenities.
The R-Metropolis Mall outlet was discovered missing an applicable Cleansing and Sanitation Schedule, efficient pest-control information, correct FIFO/FEFO practices, food-grade certification for supplies coming into contact with meals, hygiene compliance and meals/water testing information.
The Malkapur outlet in Satara was additionally discovered to have a number of non-compliances regarding infrastructure, tools, cleanliness and pest management.
On the Sapphire Meals outlet in Karad, the FDA flagged points regarding the preparation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian pizzas. These included the absence of a separate oven and correct segregation preparations, insufficient segregation of pans used for baking pizzas, and deficiencies in packaging info reminiscent of packing and expiry dates on sauces and toppings.
The motion towards the Domino’s retailers comes as a part of a wider food-safety enforcement drive throughout Maharashtra. The regulator has said that routine inspections will proceed and that strict motion will probably be taken towards meals companies violating meals security and hygiene norms.
