If you’ve ever ordered home-cooked food through Instagram or WhatsApp in Kuwait, this one is worth your attention. Inspectors have just shut down seven illegal food outlets that were operating quietly inside five private homes in the Capital Governorate.
The Public Authority for Food and Nutrition, working with the Ministry of Interior, raided the homes and found serious hygiene problems. By the end of the campaign, inspectors had issued 33 violation reports against these hidden businesses.
- 7 illegal food outlets found operating inside 5 private residences in the Capital Governorate
- 33 violation reports issued across all the locations
- Inspection carried out by the Capital Governorate Inspection Department, a unit of the food authority
- Authority says these campaigns will continue with other government agencies
What inspectors actually found
The source report doesn’t list every single violation by name, but it confirms inspectors documented several serious breaches of food safety rules inside these homes. These were not registered restaurants or licensed kitchens. They were private residences being used to cook and sell food, something that falls completely outside Kuwait’s normal food safety checks.
That’s exactly why these places are risky. A licensed restaurant in Kuwait is inspected regularly, has staff with health cards, and must follow storage and cleaning rules set by the authority. A home kitchen running under the radar has none of that oversight unless someone reports it or inspectors happen to find it, as happened here.
This isn’t the first time hidden food operations have been caught out this year. As we reported, a <a href=
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