NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted compensation to all the children who had taken ill or feared illness after having a mid-day meal at a Delhi Government middle school for girls at Hauz Quazi near Ajmeri Gate here this past month.

Vadodara:As many as 148 fresh cases of food poisoning were reported in Dahod on Tuesday from various villages while a woman admitted to Dahod civil hospital died of food poisoning.A team of officials from Baroda Medical College was also rushed to Jhalod taluka in the wake of the grave situation there and returned with samples for analysis at the college to identify the reason for the large-scale c

Warangal, April 21: In a suspected case of food poisoning and water contamination, about 50 BSc nursing students of the MGM Nursing School, which is attached to the MGM Hospital, were admitted into the hospital on Wednesday morning after they showed symptoms of vomiting, high fever and diarrhoea.

Surat: A 14-year-old girl lost her life and about 100 people were taken ill due to food poisoning after they ate sweet bundi at Lakadbari village of Vasda taluka, about 70 km from Surat, in Navsari district on Saturday.

Fish accumulates high levels of toxic chemicals in their flesh and fat that are known to cause cancer and brain degeneration. Fish consumption is the sole source of human exposure to mercury that is known to cause severe health problems, including brain damage, memory loss and personality change.

NEW DELHI: A soft drink company has been fined Rs 1 lakh and directed to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a doctor who suffered food poisoning and had to be hospitalised after consuming a cola that reportedly contained fungus.

While school authorities have denied any food-poisoning incident at Our Lady of Mother of the Poor High School, Tilamol-Quepem, on September 30, a group of parents have continued to maintain that their children had fallen ill after eating the midday meals.

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BERHAMPUR: Six children and an adult have died of food poisoning at remote Gudrimaha village of Daringbadi block in Kandhamal district .

Speaking to The Hindu over phone, the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of the district, Jatin Patnaik confirmed the death of three girls and an adult woman.

The unofficial reports related to other three deaths of children are yet to be confirmed.

Does it take 20 days to analyse the contaminated mid-day meal that was supplied to a school in the port town?
Parents of those students who felt ill after consuming the meal have expressed anger over the Food and Drugs Administration

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