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Days after a video of a dead mouse being found inside a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup went viral, another disturbing incident occurred at Ahmedabad’s Devi Dosa food joint in Nikol. A customer discovered a dead mouse in a bowl of sambar served to them. The video shows the dead mouse floating in the sambar.
Shared by the Instagram handle @ahmedabad.updates, the viral clip opens with the small rodent in a disposable white bowl, served alongside other food on the table. The video then shows a glimpse of the eatery’s kitchen, where a large amount of sambar is seen kept in an open container.
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The video triggered outrage on social media. Several users slammed the eatery. Reacting to the video, a user wrote, “When will they finally wake up and introduce strict hygienic rules?” Another user commented, “What the health is happening in gujarat now a days. Please I request foods and drug department Don’t take money under the table and don’t approve such hotels.”
“Such a restaurant should be closed forever and its owner should be jailed,” a third user said.
Speaking to ANI, Bhavin Joshi, food safety officer at the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC), said, “I appeal to all the business operators of Ahmedabad Corporation to be very careful with the food they serve to the customers so that such incidents can be avoided.”
Recently, a family discovered a dead mouse in a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup ordered from a quick-commerce company.
Earlier, a 26-year-old doctor had filed a complaint with Mumbai’s Malad police station after he found a piece of flesh with nail in an ice cream cone he ordered online. On the doctor’s complaint, police registered a case against the unidentified employee of Yummo under sections 272 (adulteration of food article), 273 (selling food or drink that has become noxious), and 336 (rash and dangerous act endangering human life) of the Indian Penal Code.
