HYDERABAD: The newly-opened Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA came in for embarrassment after a customer allegedly found a caterpillar in the vegetable biryani that was served to him.
A customer named Abeed Mohammad, who had visited the store on Friday, tweeted about the incident tagging the city’s municipal authorities that was widely shared on social media.
#Ikeahyderbad Today I found caterpillar in my veg biryani. Very unfair of food @TV9Telugu @KTRTRS sir @hydcitypolice @THHyderabad @Abnandhrajyothi pic.twitter.com/jumiED25fs
— Abeed Mohammad (@abeedmohammed9) August 31, 2018
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) issued a notice to the IKEA restaurant manager as well as to the veg biryani vendor, Haldiram at Nagpur which it procures it procures prepared veg biryani. It also levied a fine of Rs 11,500 on the firm for flouting norms.
Hotel inspection was done on directions given by GHMC higher authorities and as admitted by IKEA , caterpillar was handed over to GHMC hotel inspection team. Food samples were taken by food controller for examination as a per the procedure. pic.twitter.com/SfkuXUoHSw
— amoh_20 (@amoh_circle20) September 1, 2018
The Ikea management has tendered an apology. IKEA spokesperson was quoted by The News Minutes as 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.”
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.
— IKEAIndia (@IKEAIndia) September 1, 2018
IKEA also faced ridicule on Twitter.
WTF.. don't they have good processing manager? Didn't expect this from global giant
— பிரபு (Prabu) 🇮🇳 (@asmiprabu) September 1, 2018
Its very unfortunate . Most of the MNC food chains don't care about health safety . Its usual nowadays getting dis kind of news . @IKEAIndia
— கொங்கு தமிழன் (@smartshan_87) September 2, 2018