‘Meat unfit for consumption being sold at restaurants’

Eating out would possibly trigger extreme well being hazards, if the raids being performed by the Food Safety Department and Vijayawada Municipal Corporation are something to go by,

Raids performed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Public Health Department officers of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) and Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) lately on a restaurant, positioned at a mall on M.G. Road, and on some mutton retailers, revealed how some merchants and institution homeowners are utilizing rotten meat, beef and meat of useless animals, that are unfit for consumption.

Teams of FSSAI and V&E raided the restaurant, a franchisee unit of a serious chain with branches throughout the nation, and seized round 400 kg of stale mutton, frozen fish and prawns, half-boiled mutton saved in water and steam rice stored in freezers.

A couple of days in the past, officers additionally raided the parcel companies of Indian Railways and seized physique components of of lambs being imported from neighbouring States at lesser worth.

“Some mutton shop owners have entered into a nexus with wholesale mutton traders of other States and are procuring stale body parts of lambs. They are selling the same at Sunday markets, which draw a large number of customers,” a well being officer mentioned.

“As per the records, the restaurant management purchased mutton at ₹450 per kg. How can the mutton shop owner sell fresh meat at such a low price, when the price of mutton is at ₹700 and above in the market,” requested an officer who participated within the raid.

Health and Food Safety personnel mentioned there isn’t a have to retailer uncooked and boiled mutton, heads and legs of lambs in such massive portions in eating places and resorts. But the managements of some institutions are utilizing decomposed meat which is very harmful for consumption.

“In some hotels and restaurants, we found non-vegetarian dishes, steam rice, biryani, mutton, chicken, fish, prawns, crabs, ice creams, bakery products, sweets, chocolates and other items stored in freezers for months beyond the expiry date. A few establishment owners are selling packaged products without details such as packaging and expiry dates,” FSSAI Food Controller N. Purnachandar Rao mentioned.

“We served notices on the mutton shop in which we seized rotten meat stocks. The shop has been seized,” mentioned VMC Veterinary Assistant Surgeon A. Ravichand.

Meanwhile, persons are interesting to the federal government to deploy extra groups and conduct shock visits on resorts, quick meals centres, eating places, biryani factors and different institutions, that are utilizing stale meals gadgets.