India, July 30 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must take "realistic" action against canteens and food establishments over proper violations of safety standards and not merely over the presence of an insect on the table, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday.

"Last week, there was a big insect sitting right in front of my table. So what can we do? I was telling you about a fly, no? Just now there is a fly on my table," a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge jokingly remarked.

"We are in India, madam. We want to take a realistic step," he added.

The Acting Chief Justice was hearing a petition by hotel Park Inn by Radisson in Navi Mumbai against the suspension of its Food Safety and Standards Authority of Indi...