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FSSAI Suspends Seven Seas Hospitality Licence Over Egregious Hygiene, Safety Violations
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Moneycontrol•30-09-2026, 12:48
FSSAI Suspends Seven Seas Hospitality Licence Over Egregious Hygiene, Safety Violations
- •FSSAI suspended Seven Seas Hospitality's licence due to serious non-compliances and a mere 30% compliance score found during inspection.
- •Inspectors observed poor hygiene, including water stagnation, foul odour, filth, and inadequate housekeeping in food preparation areas.
- •Deteriorated food materials were discovered, such as fungal growth on tomatoes, papaya, jaggery, cashew nuts, rotten capsicum, and degraded cooking oils.
- •Serious food storage deficiencies included inadequate segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods, along with pest control issues like cockroaches and house flies.
- •FSSAI officials destroyed 74 kg/litres of non-compliant food articles and cited lack of basic infrastructure, sanitation, record maintenance, and water testing non-compliance.
Key Questions Answered
The FSSAI suspended the licence of Seven Seas Hospitality Pvt Ltd due to serious hygiene and safety violations, achieving a compliance score of only 30 per cent during the inspection.
Inspectors discovered poor hygiene conditions, water stagnation, foul odours, inadequate housekeeping, pest infestations including cockroaches and house flies, and deteriorated food materials featuring fungal growth on tomatoes, papaya, jaggery, and cashew nuts.
Following the inspection and identification of severe food safety violations, FSSAI officials destroyed 74 kg/litres of non-compliant food articles.
