Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) has suspended the FSSAI licences of nine outlets of KFC and Domino's Pizza in the CURE region following inspections that revealed serious food safety violations, including cockroach infestation, expired food products, rat droppings and the unauthorised use of a chemical to filter used cooking oil for reuse.

A special enforcement drive was conducted by 13 teams comprising Food Safety Officers and police personnel, which inspected 26 outlets of the two popular fast-food chains across the region.

During the inspections, officials found several violations, including food handlers working without hairnets and aprons, housefly and cockroach infestat...