Officials of the Regional Vigilance and Enforcement Department led by DSP K. Sravani raided about eight restaurants in the city on Monday and seized stale and leftover food items from at least six establishments.
The seized food items included cooked food of the previous day, which was kept for sale on Monday.
Officials also noticed that some of the restaurants were using non-permitted food colours for preparation of food.
Food Safety Department officials collected six samples of food items suspected to be containing non-permitted colours for a thorough lab analysis.
Cases are being booked by officials of the Food Safety Department under appropriate sections of the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
Further, one case under Section 6A of the EC Act was booked against a restaurant in Gajuwaka by the Civil Supplies officials for using domestic gas cylinders for commercial purpose. Four gas cylinders were seized.
Health peril
Ms. Sravani said that selling stale food or food cooked with artificial colours is harmful for one’s health and said that strict action would be taken against all erring restaurants and hotels.
