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The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has, in the past week, destroyed nearly 100 kilograms of stale food and imposed fines totalling Rs 15,000 on eateries, hotels, and fast food vendors.
The action is part of an ongoing food safety drive launched to curb contamination during the monsoon season, following reports of diarrhoeal outbreaks in several parts of the city, as reported by The Times of India.
According to reports, inspections were carried out at 17 locations in Bhubaneswar where food samples were collected for laboratory testing.
The results are awaited, but items already found to be stale and stored in unhygieni...