In separate incidents, two people fell sick after allegedly consuming food items from an outlet of McDonald’s in Noida Sector 18 and Theobroma bakery in Sector 104. The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (FDA) officials collected samples from the same outlets after complaints were lodged on the portal of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
As per officials, the complaint against the McDonald’s outlet in Noida Sector 18 is that a consumer fell sick after having a burger and french fries from the outlet.
A team of the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA), Gautam Buddh Nagar took immediate action and visited McDonald’s at Noida Sector 18 to collect the samples.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Assistant Commissioner (Food) FDA, Archana Dheeran said, “We got a complaint on the portal against McDonald’s. The customer fell ill after consuming aloo tikki and french fries. We have taken action in this regard and taken samples of palm oil, cheese, and mayonnaise.”
In case of the incident involving the Theobroma bakery in Noida Sector 104, woman fell sick after consuming a stale cake ordered from there. Following the complaint, the FDA team collected samples of the cake after receiving the complaint.
“In another case, a complaint came against Theobroma bakery where someone fell ill (in Noida) after consuming stale cake from the bakery…We took a sample of the pineapple cake and sent it to the laboratory…If the product fails in the report, then a case will be registered,” Dheeran said.
She further said that the report is expected to come within a month, and if samples fail in the report, then further course of action will be taken, and a case will be registered.
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