FSSAI flags hygiene lapses at Delhi’s JW Marriott Aerocity and Andaz Delhi
Food-safety inspections found expired food, pest activity, storage issues and sanitation lapses at the two Delhi hotels. FSSAI has issued notices requiring corrective action and compliance reports, adding reputational and operational risk for their food-service businesses.
What happened
FSSAI issued hygiene, sanitation, licensing and labelling violation notices to JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocity and Andaz Delhi by Hyatt, requiring corrective
Key facts
- 87 kg of expired sweets, cake base and bread packets
- more than 150 notices to food and beverage companies
- more than 30 notices to food-service establishments
- five Domino's licences suspended
- 18th BRICS Summit
Why this matters
For hospitality partnerships or acquisitions, elevate food-safety diligence, inspection histories and remediation capabilities as key brand-risk screening criteria.
What to watch
- FSSAI follow-up inspection outcomes, compliance-report deadlines and any public disclosure of penalties or license restrictions.
- Whether inspection activity expands to other luxury hotels, airport hospitality venues, restaurants or cloud kitchens in Delhi-NCR.
- Reports of foodborne illness, guest complaints, event cancellations or negative review volume linked to either property.
- Evidence that Marriott International, Hyatt or local ownership groups mandate India-wide hygiene audits or capex programs.
- Changes in corporate travel, airline-crew, wedding and conference bookings at the affected hotels.
- New FSSAI enforcement guidance on expiry labeling, pest management, food storage, kitchen sanitation or compliance-reporting requirements.
- Conduct property-wide food-safety audits beyond the cited outlets, including back-of-house storage, employee cafeterias, banquet kitchens and delivery operations.
- Dispose of expired or unlabeled inventory and implement digitally logged expiry, temperature and cleaning controls with manager sign-off.
- Engage accredited third-party food-safety auditors and pest-control providers before FSSAI follow-up inspections.
- Require corrective-action evidence from food, produce, dairy and prepared-food suppliers; reassess vendors that cannot provide traceability documentation.
- Prepare local customer and corporate-client communications emphasizing corrective steps without minimizing the inspection findings.
- Review crisis protocols for online reviews, media inquiries, banquet clients and loyalty members.