Cockroaches, rats found in KFC, Domino’s kitchens
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Thirteen enforcement teams of the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs, comprising Food Safety Officers and police personnel, inspected 26 outlets across the CURE region
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Cockroaches, rats found in KFC, Domino’s kitchens
Hyderabad: Foodsupplied by prominent multinational fast-food chains KFC and Domino's Pizza in Hyderabad was found unhygienic following major food safety violations detected on Thursday.
Thirteen enforcement teams of the Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs, comprising Food Safety Officers and police personnel, inspected 26 outlets across the CURE region. Officials discovered that KFC management indulged in the unauthorised use of synthetic magnesium silicate to filter and reuse used cooking oil. TG SAFE will forward details of suspended establishments to Swiggy and Zomato for immediate delisting until licences are restored.
TG SAFE Commissioner Avinash Mohanty announced that FSSAI licences of nine establishments were suspended with immediate closure orders in the interest of public health. Suspended KFC outlets operated by Yum Restaurants India Private Limited include Madinaguda for water leakage, foul kitchen odour, and magnesium silicate usage; Sindhi Colony for housefly infestation and chemical oil filtration; Banjara Hills for chiller waterlogging and oil filtration; Shilpa Kala Vedika Hitechcity for unclean utensils and oil filtration; and Inorbit Mall Madhapur for staff lacking hairnets and aprons alongside oil filtration. Suspended KFC outlets under Devyani International Limited include Punch Mohalla Charminar for foul chiller odour and oil filtration, and Moosarambagh for rusty chillers, fungal walls, greasy utensils, and cockroaches.
Suspended Domino's Pizza outlets operated by Jubilant FoodWorks Limited include Sarath City Mall Kondapur for cockroach infestation, expired products, and missing food-grade packaging certificates, and Inorbit Mall Madhapur for staff lacking protective gear, rat faeces, live cockroaches, and untidy storerooms. During inspections, officials lifted 20 suspected adulteration samples and seized approximately 52 kg of synthetic magnesium silicate.
Additionally, improvement notices will be issued to eight outlets: Domino's branches at Nizampet, Miyapur, Himayathnagar, and Malakpet, alongside KFC branches at Kondapur, Karkhana, Himayathnagar, and Shaikpet, pending reinspection. Show cause notices will be served to five outlets for serious violations, covering Domino's branches at Karkhana, Gachibowli, and Hitech City, and KFC branches at Nizampet and Gachibowli.
TG SAFE conducted raids in CURE limits
Domino’s Pizza, Jubilant Food Works Ltd at Vikrampuri Colony, Karkhana, Domino’s Pizza Nizampet, Yum Restaurant Ltd KFC Karkhana, Cantonment, Devyani International Limited KFC Nizampet, Dominos pizza Gachibowli, Yum Restaurant India Private limited (KFC), Gachibowli, Domino’s Pizza, Jubilant Food Works Ltd at Miyapur, Yum Restaurant India Private limited (KFC), Madinaguda Miyapur, Jubilant food works Ltd, Dominos Pizza at Sarath City Mall, Kondapur, Devyani International Limited, KFC at Sarath City Mall, Kondapur, Jubilant Foods(Dominos), Sindhi Colony, Secunderabad, Yum Restaurant Pvt Ltd (KFC) at Sindhi Colony, Secunderabad, Devyani International Limited (KFC) at Punch Mohalla Charminar, Devyani International Limited (KFC) at Moosarambagh, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Himayathnagar, Yum Restaurants India Pvt Ltd (KFC) at Himayath Nagar, Yum Restaurants India Private Limited (KFC) at Banjara Hills, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Jubilee Hills, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Masab Tank, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Malakpet, Devyani International Limited (KFC) at Shaikpet, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Jillelaguda, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Mindspace Hitech City, Yum Restaurants India Private Limited (KFC) at Shilpa Kala Vedika Hitechcity, Jubilant Food Works Ltd (Dominos) at Inorbit Mall and Yum Restaurants India Private Limited (KFC) at InOrbit Mall, Madhapur.
