The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the licences of 17 eateries in Mumbai after inspections and re-inspections found food-safety violations including pest and rodent infestation, unhygienic premises and failures to comply with regulatory requirements. The action includes three Domino’s Pizza outlets in Parel, Andheri and Borivali.
The FDA said the outlets were also found to have failed to prominently display their Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licences. In some cases, raw materials were stored at premises not covered under licensing norms, while businesses had not complied with improvement notices issued by the regulator.
The three Domino’s outlets are operated by Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. The FDA also named Thanksgiving Patisserie and Confectionery, Passion Restaurant Pvt Ltd, which operates Carnival by Tresind, Darjeeling Lepcha Momos and Moorjani Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which operates Hundo Pizza, among the establishments against which action was taken.
The enforcement action places renewed attention on the systems through which food safety is monitored in a city with a large and varied commercial food sector. Licensing, inspection, improvement notices and re-inspections form part of the regulatory process used to check whether eateries are operating within food-safety requirements. The FDA’s statement did not provide outlet-wise details of the deficiencies or specify the duration of each suspension.
Separately, the FDA said office-bearers of 10 major Navratri mandals in Kandivali West had been trained and instructed on preparing mahaprasad, the food offering served to devotees. The training covered the use of safe drinking water, keeping food covered and at the correct temperature, appropriate waste disposal, personal hygiene and health check-ups for volunteers involved in food preparation and service.
The parallel action involving festival food preparation highlights the range of settings covered by food-safety oversight in Mumbai, from licensed commercial eateries to temporary or community-run kitchens serving large gatherings. Such operations require attention to water quality, temperature control, waste handling and the health of food handlers, according to the FDA’s instructions.
The regulator also reported seizing 24,406kg of suspected substandard, unsafe and mislabelled food stock worth Rs 50.19 lakh during enforcement operations across Maharashtra. The seizures were made in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur and Greater Mumbai divisions.
The seized products included edible oil, sweets, sabudana, arecanut, wafers, chakli and kuttu flour, the FDA said. The statement did not specify the final disposal or testing status of the seized stock. The suspended Mumbai eateries and the wider seizures represent separate enforcement actions announced by the regulator.
