Food safety officers should not take along TV crew, media persons for inspection of restaurants: Madras High Court
Justice R Suresh Kumar, in an interim order, directed that the officers must only take along private cameras for such inspections and the footage recorded must be used solely for prosecution purpose and not publicity.
The Madras High Court on Friday restrained food safety officers in the State from taking along television crews or other media persons during inspections of hotels, restaurants etc. [Chennai Hotels Association v. State of Tamil Nadu].