Hyderabad, June 26 -- Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) on Thursday, June 25, raided "Famous Fish Fry" at Mallepally and found that it had been operating on an expired trade license and was using artificial colours in food preparation.

Samples were collected from the establishment, and action has been initiated by a Food Safety Officer.

On June 19, the team had raided a popular chicken outlet near Charminar called Al Akbar Fast Food and found them using prohibited artificial food colours, reusing stale cooking oil, no water quality certification, and a lack of basic hygiene and pest-control measures.

Approximately 110 kilograms of prepared fried chicken, six tins of loose cooking oil containing 15 litres each, and ...