Maharashtra FDA suspended Domino's Parel outlet's licence over ignored hygiene notices

On October 13, 2026, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration announced it had suspended the licences or registrations of three Mumbai food establishments, including the Domino's Pizza outlet in Parel, which is operated by Jubilant FoodWorks. The FDA said the outlet had failed to address deficiencies flagged in an improvement notice issued in August, and had not submitted conformity reports for food-contact packaging or maintained equipment maintenance logs.

At a reinspection on October 9, officials found vegetarian and non-vegetarian items stored together in the same deep freezer, and chicken and paneer being cooked on the same oven or grill. The two other establishments suspended — Maaz Food Parcel and Catering in Bhandup West and Mughal Dhaba in Kurla West — are independent operators; the Domino's outlet is the branded name in the action.

The Parel outlet's food licence suspended with immediate effect, announced by the FDA on October 13, 2026 alongside two other Mumbai establishments.

The outlet let the August improvement notice lapse without correcting the flagged deficiencies — the suspension came only after an October 9 reinspection confirmed the neglect.

Core food-safety documentation was missing: no conformity reports for food-contact packaging and no equipment maintenance logs.

Storage and process controls failed at the most basic level — mixed veg/non-veg storage in one freezer, chicken and paneer on one grill — inside a branded national chain's outlet.

A suspension rarely comes from one bad inspection — it comes when a firm treats the first notice as paperwork. Unheeded notice, missing reports, no logs — then one finding closes it.

The suspension was announced October 13, 2026 with no reopening date; lifting it requires clearing the flagged deficiencies to the FDA's satisfaction. The same order hit two independent eateries, Maaz Food Parcel and Catering (Bhandup West) and Mughal Dhaba (Kurla West).