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Appalling health standards in Bangalore hotels
Written By idontspam - 24 July, 2012
Bangalore BBMP Hotels Media Reports public health Health resturants
It is a well known fact in all markets & mandis you will visit that the rotten vegetables they stack on the side are for hotels.
...a working professional, does not eat out often. He has a good reason. He still shudders at the memory of falling seriously ill after grabbing a quick bite at a famous eatery in Jayanagar 4 Block.
...was shocked to see a cockroach traipsing over a sandwich kept at the display counter.“When I pointed it out to the manager, he removed the cockroach but kept the sandwich back. It was only when I insisted that he throw it that he grudgingly did so,” he said.
...mid-segment eateries routinely procure rotten vegetables and meat of poor quality at half the price, and marinate them in heavy spices to mask the taste. “Rice is also recycled. Rice made in the afternoon is washed thoroughly to separate the grains and is then turned into fried rice. Whatever is left over becomes curd rice
...meat is salvaged from the gravy and washed, and becomes kebabs the following day
COMMENTS
abidpqa - 25 July, 2012 - 06:35
Recently I read this, example from India itself http://www.timescrest.com/life/a-healthy-plateful-of-phuchkas-8332
There is also Food Safety and Standards Authority of India http://www.fssai.gov.in/default1.aspx
Regarding the discussion on pressure vessels, the BIS mark on the pressure cookers are for pressure vessels
idontspam - 24 July, 2012 - 06:50
Response from the hotels association here
Clearly the Hotels Association have failed to protect their industry from a bad name. Why dont they weed out these bad apples themselves & show the world how self policing can work. They can set up a health star rating & tell public to eat from resturants which adhere to those standards. I am sure word will spread like wildfire if the health star rating is violated. That should be incentive enough to keep them honest. People should vote with their feet on such issues.
If any of you have seen unhealthy resturants post the name & address here with incident details & a photograph. Let take it to BBMP & to the association & see if they do anything about it. It will be helpful to understand what is healthy as per BBMP & what is not. So if any of you have that data do post it here as well
sanjayv - 24 July, 2012 - 09:38
It is a dysfunctional world we live in. I had a conversation just this weekend with someone, who let us say, has had to interact with BBMP a lot. He was discussing the bribes paid to the corporator and such similar issues. In the midst of the conversation, he suddently said something along the lines of "all that these people want is a bribe. Their health inspectors are some of the most vicious".
So, whom to trust? Hoteliers, BBMP? Current answer for me is no one!
idontspam - 24 July, 2012 - 11:55
Their health inspectors are some of the most vicious
Which is why I would rather have the hotel association take this into their hands & prevent such opportunitistic revelations. The hotels are not saints & it is precisely because of collusion with BBMP & their lassiez faire regime we have such scenarios.
What BBMP has revealed is not news at all, we are living with this crap because the BBMP has failed to discharge its function, but we cant absolve BBMP of their responsibilities regardless of how bad they are until they cease to exist.
There is just one Food inspector from BBMP
dvsquare - 25 July, 2012 - 05:04
For this big bangalore city, there is just one Food Inspector and is responsible so many people.
I don't understand why BBMP is not able to hire required food inspector and other officers for the job, many posts remain vacant for so long.
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