New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- A food safety inspection at Bakingo's Madhapur outlet in Hyderabad has raised questions about the shelf life of the ingredients that the outlet uses to prepare cakes.

The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG-SAFE) discarded 60 kg of expired cake bases during an inspection of the cloud kitchen outlet on Tuesday, November 10, as part of a special drive targeting cloud kitchens across Hyderabad, news agency ANI reported.

While the ANI did not identify the outlet, a separate report from The Siasat Daily identified the outlet as Bakingo in Madhapur. Officials allegedly found that the kitchen was using cake bases carrying an expiry date of November 10, 2026, to prepare cakes that were being sold...