Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ujjwal Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2025. An application was registered on the basis of a news item titled "1 Kodo poisoning behind elephant deaths in MPs Bandhavgarh All you need to know" …
Around 50 students of the Government Polytechnic for Women staying in the hostel on Bharathiar Road were hospitalised after some of them swooned while others complained of nausea and vomiting. Late on Sunday, students complained of uneasiness and nearly 15 of them swooned. At midnight, the students were admitted to …
The Government Model Residential School, Peerumade, was closed on Monday after over 60 students were admitted to various hospitals since Sunday, due to alleged food poisoning. The condition of none of the students was serious, reports reaching here said. The authorities at the Peerumade taluk hospital said that students started …
Many waiters carry GERMS ON HANDS: Study Finds Food Handlers Carry E. Coli, Various Dangerous Bugs The meal that the waiter has served you appears to be perfect. It looks good,smells great andhas just the right quantities of protein, carbohydrates and vitamins. But zoom in at a microscopic level and …
‘Those handling food in hotels have to disinfect hands as per standard procedure’ The Arabian delicacy shawarma can be the carrier of toxin producing Staphylococcus bacteria if handled carelessly, said M. K. Mukundan, an expert on food safety and director of the Konni-based Council for Food Research and Development. The …
Aim is to make food business operators accountable: FSSAI The food poisoning episodes in the State capital and the shocking revelations from raids conducted across the State might well prove to be the starting point of a much sterner food administration regime in the State along with the rest of …
Food Safety officials continued raids of hotels in cities and towns across Kerala State on the second day on Wednesday for detection of low quality food items. Altogether 11 hotels were ordered to be closed and 150 hotels were served notices seeking improvement in quality and standards. The raids covered …
JAIPUR: Over 150 people belonging to the Behrupia tribe fell ill, at least 10 of them seriously, after having a feast at a social get-together in Jamdoli under Kanota police station area on Monday night. Officials said some of the milk-products items were contaminated leading to the food-poisoning. While most …
Pranjal Gupta, a class 5 student, prefers eating in her school canteen instead of carrying a tiffin box. Her friends in school too eat pav bhaji, vada pav or chowmein from the canteen. Many students like eating in the school canteen because they get to eat what they like and …
Hens are starved to speed up molting--a natural process of feather loss and re-growth that can take several months--in order to regulate egg laying. But now this practice has been declared an offence. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has ordered all poultry farms across the country to discontinue …
BAN ON the drug diclofenac, administered on domestic animals, has had a positive impact on the vulture population. It had not been quantified till recently. The rate of decline has slowed down—from 40 per cent to 18 per cent. The number of oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) had dropped drastically …
IT IS a case of deadly food poisoning. Caused by a new strain of Escherichia coli bacterium, the outbreak has sickened over 2,000 people in the EU in the past month. At least 25 succumbed to the disease in Germany, the epicentre of the outbreak; more than 600 were hospitalised …
The Health Ministry Food Control Department yesterday warned fruit traders against using Carbide gas for accelerated ripening of fruits, stating that the Health Ministry will take stern action against those found involved in producing and selling such inedible or contaminated fruits. Calcium Carbide is widely used by traders in spite …
MUMBAI: Mid-day meals for over 1.22 crore school children will soon be tastier and healthier than before. If the state government has its way, khichdi will be replaced with rice, dal and chapattis in the scheme which used to be totally funded by the Union government. "The change in food …
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. A Division Bench of the Court …
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 …
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. Two students …
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. At least 45 people were admitted to various hospitals and clinics …
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. The New Delhi District consumer forum has asked Hindustan Coca Cola …
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. In a letter to the Herald, School Manager Fr …
