Raid at canteen of University in Shamirpet uncovers rat faeces

As food hygiene remains a growing concern, the Telangana food safety team conducted a raid at NALSAR University’s canteen in Hyderabad’s Shamirpet on February 4.

The food safety team found multiple violations at the campus canteen including rat faeces, cockroach infestation and 90 kg of unlabelled raw rajma in the storeroom. Pest



control records, water analysis reports, and temperature logs were missing.

Further muskmelon seeds (20 kg) infested with insects were discarded, while whole green gram (30 kg) lacked essential labelling. The canteen’s FSSAI license was registered at a different address, and no FoSTaC-trained supervisor was present at university’s canteen.