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Filth behind flashy city food court
By Faraza Farook
A roast chicken on a garbage bin, cooking oil being reused to dangerous proportions, dirty floors and other filthy conditions were found by Public Health Inspectors when they raided a popular food court which is patronized by thousands of people daily.

The CMC's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam, who led the Friday night raid said he was shocked and horrified by the dirty conditions behind the super-class façade.

He said legal action would be taken against four of the food court restaurants, which in any event were not supposed to cook their food at the restaurant itself, because proper facilities were not available. He said the behind-the-kitchen scenes in the clean-looking restaurants were disgraceful.

"They were filthy. The fridges were full of cooked food and raw meat all stacked together. In one restaurant, a roast chicken was left on top of a garbage bin. In many cases, cooking oil was being reused too often and we have taken samples to test whether there are any cancer-causing properties," Dr. Kariyawasam said outlining the putrid mess behind the plush menus.

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