Cockroaches in kitchen, ‘unsafe’ food storage: FDA suspends food licences of more Mumbai eateries

The Maharashtra Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday (August 19, 2026) suspended the meals licences of two eating places in Mumbai and a school canteen in Navi Mumbai over alleged violations of hygiene, storage, and meals security rules. Authorities additionally seized meals merchandise value almost ₹13.88 lakh in Pune and Sangli.

The FDA motion adopted a statewide crackdown on August 18, throughout which 31 lodges, eating places and dhabas have been inspected. 5 meals licences have been suspended, and enchancment notices have been issued to 22 institutions. Banned and different meals merchandise value ₹25.30 lakh have been seized.

At Resort Radha in Malad West, Mumbai, officers on August 18 reported discovering rats — one getting into the kitchen by way of an open drainage line and one other near the ceiling — in addition to cockroaches on a dough-mixing machine. Additionally they reportedly discovered stagnant water, grease deposits and drainage leaks. The restaurant’s meals enterprise licence was then suspended underneath Part 32(3) of the Meals Security and Requirements Act, and it was ordered to cease meals manufacturing, storage, sale and distribution.

Resort Radha’s meals enterprise licence was then suspended underneath Part 32(3) of the Meals Security and Requirements Act, and it was ordered to cease meals manufacturing, storage, sale and distribution.
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On August 19, the FDA suspended the FSSAI licence of Janta Tawa & Grill at Rasiwala Chawl in Kurla West, Mumbai, after officers stated they discovered uncooked meat and poultry saved with out enough safety towards contamination and insufficient temperature-controlled storage. Temperature information for refrigerated and frozen storage have been allegedly unavailable, whereas meals, packaging materials and non-food articles weren’t segregated correctly. Officers additionally reported poor upkeep of food-contact gear and deterioration of partitions and ceilings.

The restaurant couldn’t produce information of laboratory testing of meals merchandise or water used for meals contact. Its licence was suspended underneath Part 32(3) of the Meals Security and Requirements Act, 2006, and its meals enterprise operations have been ordered to cease through the suspension interval.

The FDA additionally suspended the FSSAI license of Siddhivinayak Enterprises/Bilavana Rajendra Chavan, which operated out of Saraswati School of Engineering in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. Officers who inspected the ability on August 18 discovered that it was registered as a ‘Meals Merchandising Institution’ however was working as a canteen.

The FDA reported insufficient pest management and air flow, poor segregation of private and non-food objects, insufficient uncooked materials buy information and the absence of necessary laboratory testing of meals and water. The FSSAI registration was additionally not prominently displayed, officers stated.

The suspension will stay in place till the deficiencies are rectified and verified by the competent authority, the FDA stated.

‘Substandard or misbranded’

Individually, on August 19, the FDA seized 5,098 kg of khichdi masala value ₹5.09 lakh and 5,598 kg of defatted toasted soya grits value ₹4.48 lakh from Indo Allied Protein Meals Pvt. Ltd. at Mahalunge in Pune. In Sangli, officers seized 3,850 kg of jaggery powder value ₹4.30 lakh from Mitesh Gross sales Company on the Market Yard on August 19, on suspicion that the merchandise have been substandard or misbranded. Samples from each institutions have been despatched for laboratory testing.

The FDA additionally registered eight FIRs and arrested 10 folks throughout motion towards banned gutkha, pan masala, scented tobacco and associated merchandise throughout Mumbai, Konkan, Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on August 18. Six institutions have been sealed and banned inventory value ₹11.40 lakh was seized.