Hyderabad: A manufacturing unit operating as Meraj Bakery in Kamlanagar was raided by Amberpet police on Thursday, March 26, and 159 cartons of Osmania biscuits prepared in unhygienic conditions were seized from the premises.
The owner of the shop, Mohd Meraj was also arrested.
The police acted based on a tip-off about food adulteration at the unit and uncovered several food safety violations. Food handlers not wearing hairnets and aprons, raw materials were stored directly on the unhygienic floor and flies were hovering in the premises, police said.
The owner failed to produce pest control records and medical health certificates of food handlers, the paint was flaking off the walls and ceiling and biscuit flavouring was being carried out in an unhygienic manner, they added.
These conditions rendered the products unsafe for human consumption and posed a serious risk to public health, police said.
