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Telangana’s Food Safety Taskforce conducted a major enforcement drive on November 1, 2025, targeting highway food outlets across three national highways in the state. Inspections revealed widespread hygiene and food safety violations. The license of The Hotel NH-9 (The Palace Hotel) in Rudraram, Sangareddy was suspended due to severe violations like unhygienic conditions, pest infestation, and the suspected use of synthetic food colors. A large quantity of unsafe food was destroyed. Other establishments were also found violating standards, leading to the collection of food samples and the issuance of improvement notices.

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Telangana Food Safety Drive Shuts Down Unhygienic Highway Hotel, Finds Widespread Violations

HYDERABAD, November 2, 2025 – Telangana’s Food Safety Taskforce has launched a significant crackdown on food safety and hygiene at highway restaurants across the state. On Saturday, November 1st, the taskforce inspected 12 establishments along National Highways 65, 163, and 44, spanning several districts.

The most severe violations were discovered at The Hotel NH-9 (The Palace Hotel) in Rudraram, Sangareddy district. Citing “highly unhygienic kitchen conditions, pest and rodent infestation, uncovered and unlabeled food items, clogged drainage, improper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian sections, and suspected use of synthetic food colors,” authorities suspended the hotel’s license immediately under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Over 107 kilograms of potentially unsafe food, including seafood, chicken, paneer, and vegetable preparations, were destroyed on site.

“The food business operator must remain closed until further notice from the competent authority,” announced the Commissioner of Food Safety via social media.

Other establishments, including Taj Palace Hotel, Athidhi 44 Drive-In, Lepakshi Restaurants, Minerva, Vivera, Utsav, and Orissa Dhaba were found to be in violation of food safety standards. These violations included poor kitchen hygiene, unlabelled food containers, expired ingredients, and the reuse of cooking oil. Authorities collected seven food samples for further analysis and issued eight improvement notices to the offending businesses.

This enforcement drive underscores the Telangana government’s commitment to ensuring food safety and protecting public health. The Food Safety Taskforce has stated its intention to continue these inspections across the state.

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