AMC seals Octant Pizza outlet after cockroach found in Gulab Jamun

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sealed the premises of Shanvir Foods LLP, operating as Octant Pizza at Zodiac Plaza, Navrangpura, following a complaint of a cockroach found in gulab jamun and reports of unhygienic conditions.

The action was taken under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, by the Health Department of the civic body. The Health Department stated that the sealing was carried out in the interest of public health after verifying the complaint.

 

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In an advisory, the civic body has urged all food business operators, including hotels, restaurants, fast food joints, and street vendors, to immediately conduct pest control at their premises and ensure they have valid kitchen waste disposal contracts.

AMC also announced that it will intensify checks on businesses dealing in cold drinks, packaged drinking water, ice cream, snowballs, lassi, and sherbet. Units operating without a valid license or registration will face strict action, including sealing or closure. DeshGujarat