{
  "id": 15025544,
  "title": "Maharashtra FDA Suspends 29 Food Licences Including Sophia College Canteen; Cockroaches Found In Fortis Hospital Kitchen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/maharashtra-fda-suspends-29-food-licences-including-sophia-college",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-16T18:40:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/maharashtra-fda-suspends-29-food-licences-including-sophia-college-canteen-cockroaches-found-in-fortis-hospital-kitchen"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration has suspended 29 food licenses, including those of Sophia College's canteen and a kitchen at Fortis Hospital, due to severe food safety breaches. During inspections, cockroaches, food waste, fungus, and rusted utensils were discovered. The establishments include hotels, restaurants, bakeries, canteens, dairies, and edible oil producers across Maharashtra. In Fortis Hospital's Sodexo kitchen, cockroaches were found amidst food preparation for patients, alongside other unsanitary conditions. At Arihant Aahar (Onyx), the use of unauthorized artificial food colors in sweets was reported. Janata Bakery received a low score of 32% in their inspection. At Manmandir Sweets, sweets were manufactured outside their registered address, alongside fly infestation and unclean conditions, leading to a potential closure notice.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Food and Drugs Administration has suspended licenses of 25 food establishments and four edible oil and spice manufacturing units across the state. During inspections of hotels, restaurants, bakeries, canteens, dairies and food establishments across the State, serious violations of food safety and standards were found. Those who licenses were suspended include Mumbai Bites (Girgaon),…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Maharashtra FDA Suspends Licences Of 17 Food Establishments Including Domino's Outlets And Instakart Over Hygiene Violations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/maharashtra-fda-suspends-licences-of-17-food-establishments-including",
        "published": "2026-10-14T14:49:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}