Hyderabad: Food safety officials conducted a statewide inspection drive at 55 pizza outlets and found several discrepancies and lapses in food storage.

The inspection was conducted in 18 Pizza Hut outlets, 16 Domino’s Pizza outlets and 21 local pizzerias and bakeries.

Food violations found in Pizza Huts

Eight out of the 18 Pizza Huts outlets were found flouting gross violations. In the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits, there was a mismatch of license and jurisdiction; vegetarian and non-vegetarian food were found to be stored together, and no safety measures were followed.

In the Kazipet area of Hanumakonda district, officials found dirty and unclean machinery used to make the pizzas.

The Pizza Hut outlet in Warangal could not produce food safety certificates. In

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