The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Kake Da Hotel to come clean on its food safety and standards after a video surfaced that purportedly shows a staff kneading the dough with feet. The video later led to a raid by the Food Safety Department.
‘Street vendors better’
“You are one of the oldest restaurants in the city. Why can’t you maintain proper standards? In some countries, street vendors have better standards than our restaurants,” Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva told Mehak Cuisines Pvt. Ltd., which runs the famous eatery on the outer circle of Connaught Place.
Rectified deficiencies
“So show to the world that one of the oldest restaurants has the best standards in hygiene,” said the court.
The restaurant asserted that it has rectified all deficiencies which were earlier pointed out by the Food Safety Officer (FSO).
The court was hearing a petition by Mehak Cuisines, which had moved the court after the FSO slapped a notice on it on February 21.
Another inspection
After the lawyers appearing for the restaurant said all deficiencies have been removed and further steps are being taken, the court asked the FSO to inspect the eatery again on Tuesday and file a fresh status report with photographs.
With regard to the controversial video, the hotel said the person shown in the video was not kneading dough, but was cleaning clothes.
