India, Aug. 8 -- Several luxury hotels in Bengaluru are reportedly under the scanner after the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) department flagged multiple food safety violations ranging from unhygienic storage, fungal growth on vegetables and inadequate segregation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food items.

The department's Food Safety Wing has launched action against several three-star and five-star hotels in Bengaluru as a special inspection drive across 26 hotels uncovered the stark food safety violations.

Rotten meat, chicken, fish and expired bakery products are among some items seized from hotels under scanner, news agency ANI reported, citing FDA statement.

During the inspections, officials found several food safety ...