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Mumbai's Iconic Kyani & Co Shut Down Over Egregious Food Safety Violations
- •The Maharashtra FDA suspended the FSSAI license of Kyani & Co, one of Mumbai’s oldest Irani cafés, due to severe food-safety and hygiene violations.
- •Inspections revealed cats, rat droppings, cockroaches, blood in a refrigerator, and an open sewage manhole in food preparation areas.
- •Violations included food stored directly on the floor, raw dough covered with newspapers, and staff not following hygiene practices or using PPE.
- •The FDA ordered an immediate halt to all food-related operations at Kyani & Co, citing risks to consumer health.
- •This action is part of a wider statewide crackdown by the Maharashtra FDA, which has suspended licenses of 30 food establishments, including a Subway outlet, during the festive season.
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The Maharashtra FDA suspended the FSSAI licence of Kyani & Co due to serious hygiene and food-safety violations discovered during an inspection on September 27, including cats, rat droppings, cockroaches, blood stored in a refrigerator, and an open sewage manhole in the processing area.
Inspectors found food products stored directly on the floor, raw dough covered with printed newspapers, staff failing to use personal protective equipment, and a lack of proper segregation between raw and ready-to-eat food items.
Following a consumer complaint and an inspection on Saturday, the FDA suspended the FSSAI licence of the Subway outlet at Phoenix Mills due to a faulty refrigerator with mould and live cockroaches, standing water on the kitchen floor, and raw food stored in contact with a worker's used jacket.
