FDA Suspends Licences of Two Mumbai Eateries and Navi Mumbai Canteen
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended the food licences of two restaurants in Mumbai and a college canteen in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, citing severe violations of hygiene, storage, and food safety regulations.
The enforcement action was part of a statewide crackdown conducted on August 18, during which FDA officials inspected 31 hotels, restaurants, and dhabas across the state. In total, five licences were suspended, 22 establishments received improvement notices, and banned as well as substandard food items worth ₹25.30 lakh were seized.
At Hotel Radha in Malad West, Mumbai, inspectors on August 18 discovered rats in the kitchen—including one entering through an open drainage pipe and another near the ceiling—along with cockroaches crawling on a dough-mixing machine. Officials also noted stagnant water, grease accumulation, and drainage leaks. The establishment's food business licence was suspended under Section 32(3) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and it was directed to immediately halt food production, storage, sale, and distribution.
On August 19, the FDA suspended the FSSAI licence of Janta Tawa & Grill located at Rasiwala Chawl in Kurla West, Mumbai. Inspectors found raw meat and poultry stored without safeguards against contamination, alongside inadequate temperature controls. The eatery lacked temperature logs for frozen and refrigerated storage, failed to segregate food from non-food items, and could not provide mandatory lab testing records for food products and water. The restaurant was ordered to stop all operations during the suspension period.
In Navi Mumbai, the FDA suspended the FSSAI licence of Siddhivinayak Enterprises, operated by Bilavana Rajendra Chavan at the Saraswati College of Engineering in Kharghar. An inspection on August 18 revealed that the unit was registered as a 'Food Vending Establishment' while operating as a full canteen. Officials documented inadequate pest control and ventilation, lack of food and water testing records, poor segregation of personal items, and failure to prominently display the FSSAI registration.
The FDA stated that all suspensions will remain active until the eateries rectify the deficiencies and obtain verification from the competent authority.
