{
  "id": 9810239,
  "title": "Food safety inspections expose hygiene lapses at hotels, restaurants in Visakhapatnam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/food-safety-inspections-expose-hygiene-lapses-at-hotels-restaurants",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T18:37:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/food-safety-inspections-expose-hygiene-lapses-at-hotels-restaurants-in-visakhapatnam/article71509496.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Food safety inspectors in Visakhapatnam conducted thorough inspections at multiple hotels and restaurants on Thursday night. The team, led by Director P. Arun Babu, meticulously inspected the quality of food items, storage practices, and hygiene conditions within kitchens. Inspections persisted until late Thursday evening.\n\nAt Kamath Hotel on Beach Road, approximately 60 kg of chicken, stored improperly, was destroyed. A notice for improvement was issued due to unhygienic kitchen conditions, and the kitchen was subsequently sealed. A case was registered against the establishment.\n\nSimilarly, at Pista House on Beach Road, officials seized around 30 kg of chicken and issued an improvement notice, registering a case for non-compliance with food safety regulations. At Alpha Hotel's Jagadamba Centre, the kitchen was found unhygienic, leading to its sealing after an improvement notice was served.\n\nFusion Foods in Siripuram also faced scrutiny, with officials finding unhygienic conditions in the kitchen. An improvement notice was issued, and a case was registered for failing to maintain hygiene standards. At Eastern Spice Restaurant in Akkayyapalem, an improvement notice was given, and a case was registered for substandard kitchen hygiene.\n\nThe inspection team comprised several officials, including Joint Food Controller B. Srinivas, Assistant Food Controllers Kalyan Chakravarthi and Venugopal Rao, and Food Safety Officers Ravikumar, Apparao, Ravindra Reddy, Srinu, and Ananda Rao.",
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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."
}