Food Safety dept. to revoke licences of two shawarma outlets in Kochi
The health wing of the Kochi Corporation had asked the management of the outlets to shut down operations temporarily after the inspections carried out had revealed that the eateries selling dishes, including shawarma and shawai, were functioning in an unhygienic manner.
The health condition of a woman who had consumed the dishes from the Ravipuram outlet last week had worsened after she developed symptoms of food poisoning including fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. The affected persons had lodged the complaints on June 21 and 23.
Senior officials of the Department of Food Safety in Ernakulam said that the licences would be revoked as per the provisions of the Food Safety Act. The department will initiate adjudication proceedings against the management.
Both the Food Safety Department and the Kochi Corporation had received complaints of food poisoning from those who had consumed the dishes. Food safety officials suspected that the consumption of uncooked meat might have resulted in food poisoning.
The officials added that they had been conducting regular inspections to ensure that the outlets were not using mayonnaise made using raw eggs as the government had banned it earlier.
Health wing officials of the Kochi Corporation said that the management had shut down the Kaloor outlet on its own after the persons who had consumed the dishes from the Ravipuram outlet lodged a complaint. 'We told them to shut it down temporarily as dishes prepared in the Ravipuram outlet were sent to the Kaloor outlet for sale,' they said.
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