Mumbai/IBNS, July 10 -- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has cancelled the license of MLA canteen that allegedly served poor quality food to Shiv Sena (Shinde) lawmaker Sanjay Gaikwad, media reports said.

Gaikwad, who claimed he was served a stale dal, lost his temper and assaulted the staff who had prepared the food at the canteen which is located in Mumbai's Churchgate.

The Maharashtra FDA found raw vegetables were placed on floors, kitchen was not clean, no separate distinction between veg and non-veg food items, food chopping was done on floor with uneven, chipped wooden boards, dead flies in butter pot.

The report also stated several other violations of norms in the canteen's kitchen. No change room for the staff was a...