Bhubaneswar, Oct. 12 -- The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stepped up food safety inspections ahead of the festive season. The food safety department conducted raids on Monday at several hotels and restaurants in the Patia area of Bhubaneswar to inspect the quality of food being served to customers.

With the festive season beginning, the inspections are focused on ensuring that people have access to safe and hygienic food when they visit eateries. The drive aims to identify food that is unfit for consumption and prevent such items from being served to customers.

During the inspections, officials checked the quality of food available at the hotels and restaurants. Stale and unfit food found during the raids was destroyed. Th...