Mumbai, July 9 -- Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the license of a renowned ice-cream outlet of Mumbai, 'Rustom', after finding serious food safety and hygiene violations, including live rats, houseflies, and expired food items stored at the outlet.

A press note of the FDA briefs says that the action agaisnt the Rustom ice cream parlour located at Brabourne Stadium House on Veer Nariman Road, Churchgate, Mumbai, has been taken after the outlet was found to have violated the sanitation requirements prescribed in Schedule 4.

During the inspection, serious deficiencies were observed, including the presence of live rats and houseflies on the premises, breakdown of cold chain operations, failure to maintain manda...