South Mumbai’s one of the most popular and oldest eateries Bademiya was raided by Maharashtra’s Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and sealed thereafter over liecense and hygine issues.
During the raids, the officials reportedly found cockroaches and rats in the eatery’s kitchen.
On further inspection, the officials found out that the eatery, which is 76 years old, did not have a license under the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
Despite these lapses, two branches of the eatery were in business in South Mumbai and Bandra.
The owner of the eatery was handed out the stop business notice by the authorities soon after the findings.
“There is an ongoing raid and inspection (of FDA) across restaurants in Mumbai. Bademiya is one of the hotels that has been raided. This afternoon, the vigilance team and our local officer arrived here and found that a cloud kitchen served meals for two of its adjoining branches. There was no license granted to the eatery and hygiene issues have also surfaced,” an FDA official said.
“The FSSAI license had not been renewed for several years,” the official said.
“In the interest of public health, this was necessary,” he added.
Started in 1946 as a makeshift seekh kebab counter, Bademiya is an iconic food stall and restaurant chain in Mumbai’s Colaba area.
Owner of Bademiya, however, claimed they had all their licenses in hand and renewed, except an FSSAI license, which was underway. The owner said they were willing to comply with the authorities.
“The license until covid lockdown has been renewed and for the latter period, we have applied for it,” the owner said.
Asked about the alleged unhygienic condition at his eatery, the owner said hereafter they would be careful in serving food to the public.
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