Review of the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme on Wednesday turned into a free discussion on some important decisions to strengthen the quality and hygiene aspect of the programme.

As many as 170 students of the NLC Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Neyveli Township fell sick immediately after taking mid-day meal on Thursday.

High-level of organic phosphorus content in midday meal is suspected to have caused the death of 22 children at the Gandaman Primary School in Chapra in Bihar’s Saran district, preliminary inquirie

Government announces compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the family of the deceased children

Nine children lost their lives and nearly 50 fell seriously ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Bihar’s Saran district on Tuesday.

Food samples collected by Food and Drugs Administration inspectors from Mallikharjun High School in Canacona and the premises of Omkar Self Help Group which prepared the meals were found to contain

Victims Are Students Of Anganwadi Near Sanand

As a step towards increasing the capacity to detect, control and prevent food-borne and other infectious diseases, a proposal will be sent to the Centre by the State to include Mysore and Chitradur

One Dead, 10 Kids From AMC Schools Hospitalized

Ahmedabad: A seven-year old girl died on Monday night after suspected food poisoning at a municipal school on Saturday. Ten other students of two schools that got the same food and water have been admitted to Civil Hospital and private hospit a l s i n A s a r w a . Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has begun a probe into the incident.

Water to be collected and distributed only from licensed sources: Food Safety Commissioner

Commissioner of Food Safety Biju Prabhakar has issued a directive that henceforth, drinking water should be supplied in the State only in tanker lorries that have a Food Business Operator (FBO) licence under the Food Safety and Standards (Licensing and Registration) Regulations, 2011. He has also directed that all drinking water supply sources, other than the Kerala Water Authority, should possess an FBO licence, and water should be collected and distributed in the State only from such licensed sources. These sources should have certificates proving the safety and quality of water.

Agartala: As many as 100 people, including 24 children, fell ill on Tuesday after consumption of food on the occasion of Biswakarma puja in Kanchanpur of North Tripura along Tripura-Mizoram border.

Official sources here on Wednesday confirmed that all of them were rushed to a local hospital following complaint of food poisoning. They felt uneasy after eating khichdi served at the house of president of Tripura Motor Shramik Union (TMSU) Gurupada Das.