Street Food Bacteria

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THINK BEFORE YOU EAT!!!! The sale of unhygienic food and drinks is on the rise at higher rates in Lahore Vendors selling food items, including Samosas, Pakoras, tea, soft drinks, rice and other food items prepare them at smelly open places under poor sanitary arrangements. such food items are unhealthy and unfit for human consumption Vendors were of the view that they could not afford cleanliness of international standards as their margin of profit was shrinking due to inflation has been observed that the small hotels specially in rural areas being opened alongside with the road and some hotels even do not have any proper arrangements to cover the dust which worsened the situation. Besides the unhygienic food and unclean dishes, the water available at the hotels is also unfiltered. Such kind of hotels can easily be witnessed at various public places. People belonged to hotel business, however denied that the customers are being provided unhygienic food in an unhealthy environment. Street food has more bacteria than food Despite a difference in cost of food and service charges, the situation of cleanliness at all ‘Chappar Hotels’ is almost same. During a visit to the hotels, it was revealed that kitchens of the hotels were dirty and price lists were not displayed.The standard of the hotels is deteriorating as authorities are not holding them accountable, said Raja Asif, a customer. He told that crockery used to serve food to customers at the hotels was scratched and unwashed and the water was unfiltered. He said utensils used to cook food were not washed properly. It was learnt that the cafeterias and temporary restaurants at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, Mayo Hospital, General Bus Stand, and Niazi Bus Terminal had been exploiting travellers, patients, their attendants and visitors, who had no other option, but to buy food from these

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