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" …
Bibhuti Barik BHUBANESWAR: When it comes for a referral testing of food materials, chemical, medicine or any specific disease-causing agents, we tend to send samples to outside Orissa. However, after opening of the H1N1 testing facility at Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here, it seems, if there is proper coordination …
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 …
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
On Saturday, 18 students of Std V and VI at the Yuvak Sangh High School, Headland Sada, Vasco, had to be rushed to hospital after consuming a stale mid-day meal consisting of bhaji pao. It was served to 23 students of Std V and 19 students of Std VI. Thankfully, …
environmental sciences Foster care The large blue butterfly, Maculinea arion, knows how to fool ants into raising their caterpillars. But when the ant, Myrmica sabuleti, disappear there survival is at stake, a study has shown. The butterfly lays eggs on thyme flowers and the caterpillars fall on the ground after …
Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought, Australian scientists say. The findings underscored the need to develop climate-change-resistant cultivars to feed rapidly growing human populations, said Ros Gleadow …
Sandur (Bellary Dt), DHNS: In all, 147 students took ill after consuming food served under the mid-day meal scheme at the Yeshvantnagar Government Primary and High School at Sandur in the district. A lizard in the cooked food is said to be the reason for food poisoning. While the food …
At least 568 students of different primary schools in Laxmichhari upazila under Khagrachhari district fell sick after having biscuits distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday. Of the victims, 140 are still hospitalised -- 85 at Manikchhari upazila health complex while 55 at Laxmichhari health complex. About 40 of …
Salmonella food poisoning causes infection in around 20 million people worldwide each year and is responsible for about 200,000 human deaths Scientists have discovered that the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on glucose to survive as it causes infection, a finding which they claim could soon pave the way for …
GANGTOK (Morena), May 24: Three children died of food poisoning in MPs Morena district while four children of a family died in North Sikkim after consuming wild mushrooms after having wild mushroom in North Sikkim, as a family reunion in a household four days ago. Lizum Lepcha (One year and …
A group of school children in North Central Sri Lanka has been admitted to Ampara Hospital due to a food poisoning incident. Police Spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara said at least 50 students of a school in Moragollagama in Kekirawa were admitted to the hospital. Some students suffered from giddiness when …
A bakery located in Kings Road, Trincomalee has been sealed following a report of the death of an old man and the hospitalizing of 148 others including schoolchildren after consuming buns and other bakery products. Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunaskera said Selvaraja Dhuraisingham (62) died possibly from food poisoning after …
AHMEDABAD: It was rotla poisoning that killed three children in Chainpura, Ranip on Wednesday. Investigations have revealed that bajra rotlas served to the affected children were made of flour that contained crushed pesticide tablets. The death toll rose to three on Thursday when two more children of Chainpura succumbed to …
Gurgaon: Nearly 12 kids were taken to various hospitals of the city after they consumed seeds of Jetropa plant here today. Children of Basai Enclave colony were playing in the garden of their colony and swallowed the seeds by mistake. They are between seven and 10 years of age. The …
Twenty tribals, including nine of the Birhor tribe, on the verge of extinction, died in Chatra district, Jhar-khand in October. State government attributed the deaths to food poisoning while social workers claimed they died of hunger. A report in early November, by a committee set up by the state government …
The investigation and control of foodborne disease outbreaks are multi-disciplinary tasks requiring skills in the areas of clinical medicine, epidemiology, laboratory medicine, food microbiology and chemistry, food safety and food control, and risk communication and management. Many outbreaks of foodborne disease are poorly investigated, if at all, because these skills …
The study conducted by AFIC on how consumers in India perceive the use of biotechnology to produce foods. It reveals that the most common food safety concern are pesticide residues, food poisoning, and food from unknown source. Genetically modified foods will most likely become an increasing feature of the Asian …
