FDA suspends Café Mondegar licence over food-safety lapses; wider crackdown hits Mumbai eateries

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the food licence of Café Mondegar in Colaba due to multiple food-safety and hygiene violations discovered during an inspection on September 12. The FDA found that hot food was not maintained above 60°C, cold storage was not kept below 5°C, and improper thawing and cooling of food were also identified.

The agency also cited damaged flooring, inadequate drainage, and failure to properly clean and sanitise equipment. This suspension is part of a broader crackdown on restaurants, dairies, and sellers of banned food products across Mumbai and Maharashtra, which took place between September 11 and 14. During this enforcement drive, 38 food establishments were inspected, and 47 samples were collected for analysis.

Nine licenses were suspended, and nine establishments were fined, while prohibited food products worth ₹20.21 lakh and a vehicle valued at ₹98 lakh were seized in a separate crackdown on illegal food products.

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