Man Finds Caterpillar In His Food At IKEA In Hyderabad, Municipal Corporation Takes Action

A man lunching a vegetable biryani at the recently opened IKEA store in Hyderabad found a caterpillar in his food, thus prompting the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation(GHMC) to issue a notice against the furniture-brand. The government body has imposed a fine of Rs 11,500 on the store that had just opened in August for defying the rules related to dry and wet waste segregation, and the use of plastic covers. After the incident took place, the customer hit out a post explaining the incident, which has also received a reply from IKEA. Taking to Twitter, Abeed Mohammad said Today I found a caterpillar in my veg biryani. Very unfair of food @TV9Telugu @KTRTRS sir @hydcitypolice @THHyderabad @Abnandhrajyothi. To which the furniture brand has replied saying,

'We apologize for the unfortunate experience. We are investigating the matter and will take immediate corrective action. At IKEA, we have the strictest guidelines when it comes to food quality as customer health and safety are something we care about deeply'.

Read: IKEA Opens Its First Store In Hyderabad, Here's All You Need To Know!

Here are the tweets!

Commenting on the incident, the Swedish furniture brand has stated that they are investigating the matter and will take corrective action. They have also profusely apologized over the unfortunate incident that has taken place. Further, the government officials have issued a notice against IKEA, soon after which the food safety and health officials visited the IKEA store and collected various food samples for the purpose of investigation. Upon further investigation, it was brought to the notice of officials, that the IKEA representatives were not preparing the food in their kitchen, and were obtaining semi-cooked frozen food from a Nagpur-based snack manufacturer. After that, notices were issued to the brand and the snack company seeking details on the food prepared and the ingredients used within a period of seven days. The furniture brand had launched the 1,000 seater restaurant last month, in August. 

(IKEA Hyderabad eatery on the launch day)