A person from Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly discovered a mouse in a Barbeque Nation meal throughout a latest journey to Mumbai has criticised the state Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) for giving a clear chit to the restaurant.
The allegation towards BARBEQUE NATION outlet in Worli
Advocate Rajeev Shukla ordered a vegetarian meal field from the Worli department of Barbeque Nation on January 8 and later claimed in a social media publish that he had discovered a mouse within the dal makhani. “I Rajeev Shukla (pure vegetarian) from Prayagraj visited Mumbai, on eighth Jan ’24 evening ordered veg meal field from BARBEQUE NATION, Worli outlet that contained useless mouse, hospitalised for 75 plus hours. Criticism has not been lodged at Nagpada police station but,” Shukla wrote on X.
On January 12 the FDA inspected the restaurant premises however didn’t discover violations of any meals security norms, an official mentioned.
“How can somebody be so inhuman and insensitive that they aren’t even apologetic for the incident that occurred with me, affecting my well being mentally and bodily,” Shukla mentioned on Thursday.
Complainant criticises FDA
The advocate additional claimed that FDA officers responsible of backing Barbeque Nation. “It appears the FDA desires to save lots of Barbeque Nation. Once I visited the FDA workplaces I used to be knowledgeable that the restaurant had violated a number of norms. However now I imagine they’re solely giving [building] enchancment discover. The police can be not able to take a primary info report towards them,” claimed Shukla, who returned to Prayagraj on January 16.
A meals security officer mentioned Shukla, in his assertion to the FDA, had additionally claimed that there have been cockroaches within the gulab jamun. “Nonetheless, we’re not conscious of this difficulty. The Nagpada police and BYL Nair Hospital mentioned Shukla was admitted resulting from meals adulteration, which had led to meals poisoning and gastric difficulty,” the official mentioned.
“We performed an inspection on January 12 – 4 days after Shukla’s publish. However we didn’t discover meals security norms being violated by Barbeque Nation. We collected some samples in the course of the inspection and despatched them to the laboratory. The studies will likely be out by subsequent week. In the meantime, the studies of samples collected by the police for testing are nonetheless awaited,” he mentioned.
FDA doesn’t discover any hygiene difficulty after inspection
“We didn’t discover any hygiene or storage points. There have been some paperwork points. Audit and water testing studies had been unavailable, for which enchancment discover has been given to them.”
“The restaurant has been inspected by our inside groups, FDA, police and municipal authorities and no non-compliance linked to the allegation has been discovered,” Barbeque Nation mentioned in an announcement.
“Being a buffet restaurant, meals is ready in bulk. We didn’t obtain any meals poisoning complaints from every other visitor that day. Whereas we empathise with the complainant, we’re not able to present any credence to this allegation,” it mentioned.
Letter to Minister
Advocate Rajeev Shukla has written to Minister of Client Affairs Piyush Goyal stating his ordeal and requesting motion towards Barbeque Nation.
“I, Rajeev Shukla, son of Mr Gorakhnath Shukla, resident of three/32 A Jondhwal, Teliyarganj, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. On dated 08.01.2024, applicant was staying at Room No 211 Lodge Ripon Palace, Dalal Property, Mumbai Central. For dinner, meals was ordered on-line from Barbeque Nation’s cellular utility with bill quantity 2065806 at 9.17pm. Nonetheless, whereas consuming the meal at roughly 10.30pm, I found a useless mouse and varied bugs within the lentils and dessert unknowingly consumed. This led to extreme deterioration in my well being, and by round 2.30-3am, my situation worsened considerably.
Sadly, the lodge lacked medical help, resulting from which I needed to endure the evening in ache. Involved about my well being, I sought medical help at Nair Hospital Central Mumbai at round 10am on 09.01.2024. The docs promptly admitted and initiated medical remedy & I used to be admitted to the hospital for 4 days and was discharged on afternoon of 12.01.2024.
Such negligence by a 17-year-old organisation within the meals enterprise is unacceptable. On account of such incidents, the applicant has confronted psychological, bodily and well being points whose all accountability is simply of Barbeque Nation. Being a pure vegetarian and a Hindu Brahmin, this incident is a violation of non secular and private beliefs as nicely. Therefore, it’s a humble request to register first info report towards the homeowners & administration of Barbeque Nation within the above talked about incident and take strict authorized actions as quickly as potential.”
