The anomalies was found when a joint market inspection team of Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC), Department of Commerce (DoC), District Administration Office, Kathmandu and consumer right activists inspected the kitchen of Radisson Hotel Kathmandu and Hotel Gangjong on Monday.[break]
“During our inspection, we found unlabeled lentils, spices, 6 kg coconut powder and 2 kg edible soda in the kitchen of Radisson Hotel Kathmandu,” Yogendra Dhungel, food inspector of DFTQC, said.
Similarly, the team found date expired soy sauce in Hotel Gangjong´s kitchen. “We found that the hotel was not maintaining proper hygiene; we found substandard meat and rotten vegetables in its store,” added Dhungel.
The monitoring team destroyed expired and substandard products found in the both kitchen the hotels and instructed the management of both the hotels to furnish clarification within three days.
“We have instructed the hotels not to use expired and unlabeled products. We also directed them to maintain proper hygiene and submit proof at the department at the earliest,” said Dhungel.
Earlier, the market monitoring team had found similar anomalies in leading hotels like The Everest Hotel, The Malla Hotel, Dwarika´s Hotel, Hotel de l´Annapurna, Hotel Himalaya and Hotel Yak and Yeti among others.
“We have been finding similar anomalies in star hotels despite our repeated monitoring,” Pramod Koirala, spokesperson of DFTQC, said, wondering: “How can the people in the service industry be so careless?”
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