Hotel seized for serving biryani with lizard

Vijayawada: Food and safety department inspector Purnachander Rao seized the Hotel Silver Spoon at Teachers Colony here on Friday. The inspector, along with his team, reached the hotel based on a complaint lodged by one of the customers for serving chicken biryani with a lizard.

The inspector said that the customer ordered chicken biryani. After it was served, and while the customer was consuming it, he found the lizard in biryani. On noticing it, he immediately lodged a complaint with the food safety department against the management of the hotel for their negligence.

The inspector reached the spot and immediately sent the customer for medical examination and later he found that he was stable. The municipal corporation and health department officials rushed to the spot.

They inspected the hotel premises and found that the hotel was not maintaining hygiene and was serving non-vegetarian food which was stored in the freezer. The officials after inspecting the premises, kitchen and the storeroom seized the hotel.