The team found various violations at the food outlets—Firefly restaurant, Air Live, Taco Bell, and Boiler Room Club, present in the mall.
FSSAI task force team seizes water bottles. (X)
The task force team of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) inspected Hyderabad’s biggest mall—Sarath City mall on Tuesday, 30 April.
The team found various violations at the food outlets—Firefly restaurant, Air Live, Taco Bell, and Boiler Room Club, present in the mall.
Sharing the details on X, the team listed out the violations of each food outlet.
Task force team has conducted inspections in Sarath City Mall on 30.04.2024 and identified the below violations.
1. Firefly Restaurant
* Hygiene and Pests related violations
* Seized 9000/- worth of Water Bottles for not possessing valid BIS License of the Manufacturer(1/3) pic.twitter.com/fKuAfhouer
— Commissioner of Food Safety, Telangana (@cfs_telangana) April 30, 2024
The task force team found hygiene and pest-related violations at the Firefly restaurant. Apart from the violations, the team seized ₹9,000 worth of water bottles for not possessing a valid BIS license of the manufacturer.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) ensure the quality, safety and reliability of products per Indian Standards (IS).
The famous Air Live restaurant was also inspected. The team seized water bottles worth ₹68,400 on suspicion of them being substandard.
When the team conducted a preliminary test on the water using a portable TDS meter, the TDS was found to be 12 mg/L—which is considered very low, compared to the mandated minimum of 75 mg/L.
TDS (Total dissolved solids) is the measure of anything dissolved in water that is not an H2O (water) molecule.
Low TDS means the water doesn’t have the essential minerals important for human health.
However, action will be taken after the lab reports are obtained.
The global food chain Taco Bell was found to be violating rules by not maintaining a record of the re-use of oil.
The team noted that the re-used oil may have exceeded acceptable levels of TPC, when there is high demand, especially on weekends.
TPC (Total Polar Compounds) serve as a key indicator to assess the degradation and overall quality of edible oils.
According to the FSSAI norms, oil should not have more than 25 percent of TPC. Anything greater than that is considered not fit for human consumption.
A show cause notice has been issued to Taco Bell.
Another food outlet— Boiler Room Club has been found violating food storage rules. According to the team, notices will be issued for the same.
(Edited by Sumavarsha Kandula)
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