Hyderabad: Food safety officials carried out inspections at 12 highway dhabas in Telangana along NH-65 (Hyderabad–Vijayawada), NH-163 (Warangal–Hyderabad) and NH-44 (Kurnool–Hyderabad), and found major violations like expired or spoiled food, synthetic colours and overall unhygienic conditions.

According to food safety officials, serious violations were observed at The Palace Hotel in Rudraram, Sangareddy, like an unhygienic kitchen, pest and rodent infestation, uncovered/unlabelled food, clogged drains, improper segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, and suspected synthetic colours.

In response, officials suspended their license under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and discarded 107.5 kg of unsafe food, such as prawns, fish, chicken, paneer, and gobi fry. The

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