RAID ON EATERY AT INORBIT MALL

Acting on a complaint of food poisoning registered against a plush restaurant in Inorbit Mall, a team of veterinary and medical officers from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Cor-poration (GHMC) conducted a raid on the eatery in the evening hours of Tue-sday. The restaurant, Vill-age – the Soul of India, was found to have an unsanitary kitchen, and illegal meat was found being used in the food. A fine of `15,500 was imposed on the management.

The restaurant, which serves both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, has been set up to resemble a village. A customer who dined there on Saturday found the food to have a foul smell and a peculiar taste, and he registered a complaint against the restaurant on the GHMC app. The GHMC team then decided to conduct a surprise inspection of the restaurant.

Dr Abdul Wakil, the Assistant Veterinary Director of the GHMC, said, “They had a cold storage which was not maintaining the re-quired cooling temperature, so the meat may not have been sanitary. The restaurant procured meat from Mumbai.”

The GHMC Medical Offi-cer slapped a fine on the restaurant for not segregating its waste into wet and dry bins. It was found that semi-cooked food, which had been prepared on the previous day, was being stored. The eatery was also fined for not procuring and displaying a valid trade licence, as is mandatory.

A case was filed against them for the use of illegal meat.