TG SAFE, Police Inspect 20 Food Manufacturing Units in Warangal, Ranga Reddy Districts
The officials noticed several violations in manufacturing units during inspection
Hyderabad: Ten teams from Enforcement Wing of Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential drugs (TG SAFE) and the police personnel inspected 20 food manufacturing units engaged in the manufacturing and processing and sale of spices, oils, dairy products, sweets, beverages etc in erstwhile Warangal and Ranga Reddy districts.
During the course of inspection, the officials have noticed several violations in some of the establishments. The violations include rusty and unclean machinery, presence of expired and mislabeled food articles, lack of requisite documentation like pest control records, employee health records, food and water analysis reports and improper storage practices like storing of food articles on floor, food and non food articles being stored together etc.
Unhygienic manufacturing and storage areas with littering of food waste, presence of cob webs etc were found and food handlers were not maintaining personal hygiene and found without hairnets, aprons etc. Pest infestation was noticed in food articles in addition to live pest infestation with presence of cockroaches, mosquitoes, house flies etc.
Presence of rat feces indicating rodent infestation and improper maintenance of the food transport vehicles which were found to be rusty and unclean were also noticed.
