4 min learnBengaluruUp to date: Aug 8, 2026 03:24 PM IST
The Karnataka Meals Security and Drug Administration (FSDA) division destroyed greater than 250 kg of meat, 207 kg of greens, 32 litres of milk, and three kg of bakery merchandise from six of the highest five-star resorts in Bengaluru on Friday after discovering violations of meals security practices, together with storage past expiry dates and inferior storage techniques.
The motion comes shut on the heels of a crackdown on the sale of junk meals round colleges and faculties in Bengaluru.
Based on the FSDA, 76 kg of meat, 200 kg of greens and 32 litres of expired milk had been seized and destroyed on the Lalit Ashok (South Annexe); 15 kg of meat was seized on the Shangri La; 19 kg of meat at 4 Seasons; three kg of expired bakery merchandise on the Vivanta Whitefield; 72 kg of meat/fish at Taj Yeshwantpur and 50 kg of rooster, 25 kg of meat, 23 kg of fish, and 7 kg of greens on the Radisson Blu resort.
The unsafe uncooked meals was destroyed after the FSDA, below the steerage of Well being Minister U T Khader, deployed 30 groups of meals security officers and inspected 26 three-star and five-star resorts in Bengaluru, in line with the meals security commissioner’s workplace.
“The inspections had been carried out in all 3-star and 5-star resorts situated inside Bengaluru City District, together with all zones below the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), to confirm compliance with the provisions of the Meals Security and Requirements Act, 2006 and the Meals Security and Requirements (Licensing and Registration of Meals Companies) Rules, 2011,” the meals security authorities mentioned in an official assertion on Friday night time.
“The inspections revealed a number of meals security violations, together with non-compliance with FSSAI labelling necessities, improper labelling and misbranding of meals merchandise, storage of expired meals merchandise, unhygienic meals dealing with and storage situations, fungal progress on greens, and failure to take care of separate storage for vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals objects,” the meals security commissioner mentioned.
Lalit Ashok clarified in a press release that the observations relating to meat and frozen meals merchandise involved their storage and segregation. “The merchandise in query had been frozen and weren’t discovered to be spoiled or unfit for consumption. Equally, the milk referred to in sure studies was in the future past its ‘Finest Earlier than’ date. It had already been recognized for withdrawal from use and was not supposed to be served to company,” the resort mentioned in a press release.
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“The Lalit Ashok Bengaluru takes meals security, hygiene and high quality requirements with utmost seriousness. The protection and well-being of our company stay our highest precedence, and we stay dedicated to sustaining the very best requirements of meals security and operational excellence,” it added.
Hen to cheese: Meals samples collected
Among the many meals samples collected for laboratory testing had been tea powder, rooster, mutton, fish, edible oil, chilli powder, turmeric powder, tomato sauce, lemon juice, cheese, papad, cashew nuts, ginger, pepper powder, spice powder, and milk.
The key violations discovered in the course of the meals security inspection had been “unhygienic situations in kitchens and meals storage areas, meat merchandise not labelled in accordance with FSSAI necessities, storage of expired milk merchandise, bakery merchandise, rooster, fish, meat, and greens.”
Additional motion towards the defaulting institutions will probably be taken primarily based on the laboratory evaluation studies and the relevant provisions of the Act, the meals security commissioner mentioned.
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Final week, the FSDA had issued an advisory to limit the sale of meals merchandise excessive in fats, sugar, and salt round colleges and faculties within the state. The advisory got here after inspections of meals enterprise institutions situated round 134 colleges and faculties in Karnataka.
The FSDA division is connected to the Karnataka well being and household welfare ministry.
