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Bombay High Court said ‘inspect govt canteens’, FDA came to shut theirs
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The Indian Express
A day after the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to inspect all government and semi-government eating establishments, FDA officials on Thursday reached its doorstep to inspect court canteens.
Three canteens on the Bombay High Court premises – one run by the Bombay Bar Association (BBA), another by the Advocates Association of Western India (AAWI), and a third for High Court staff – were inspected by the FDA officials.
Meanwhile, the Bombay Bar Association has claimed that they voluntarily shut the canteen before the officials from the food safety agency arrived.
At the same time, the FDA officials also came.
On Wednesday, the High Court had questioned the FDA over what it described as selective food-safety inspections of restaurants and hotels, directing the agency to inspect all government and semi-government eating establishments, including canteens at Mantralaya, the state secretariat, and the High Court, and submit the status of the inspections along with video recordings.