Food Poisoning Archives

Don’t Let Food Poisoning Rain on Your Trip 0
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- July 12, 2025
Travelling during the monsoon comes with unique health risks—food poisoning being one of the most common. The season’s high humidity, fluctuating temperatures, and damp environments create ideal conditions for bacterial growth, especially in improperly handled or stored food. For travellers, this means greater vigilance is required to avoid falling ill from contaminated food or water.
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Bengaluru Boy’s Death Linked to Spoiled Rice, Not Cake 0
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- July 10, 2025
Traced to the Rice Nearly 10 months after the tragic death of five-year-old Dheeraj B in Bhuvaneshwarinagar, Kempapura Agrahara, Bengaluru, authorities have confirmed that spoiled Vangibath (a brinjal rice dish) stored in the refrigerator for two days was the cause of fatal food poisoning, not the cake, as initially suspected. In the chaos that followed
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Over 100 MSU Students Fall Ill After Mess Dinner: Food Poisoning Suspected 0
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- July 9, 2025
Report A suspected case of food poisoning hit Gujarat’s Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in Vadodara on Tuesday night, when over 100 female students from the SD Hall hostel fell sick after consuming dinner from the mess. Within hours, students began experiencing severe stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhoea. Out of the 350 students who ate at
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Jamun Lookalike Sends Kozhikode Students to Hospital 0

Report Doctors admitted a 14-year-old student to Kozhikode Medical College after he consumed a wild fruit resembling jamun (njaval pazham), which caused a severe allergic reaction. Abhishek, a Class 9 student of Government Higher Secondary School, Thamarassery, ate the fruit from a tree near his house in Chundakunnu, mistaking it for Jamun. Shortly after, he

Tamil Nadu Youth Dies of Food Poisoning After Eating Chicken Noodles 0

Report A 26-year-old youth from the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu died of suspected food poisoning after eating chicken noodles from a hotel. The victim, Manojkumar, a resident of Keel Perumpakkam, fell ill with severe diarrhoea shortly after consuming the noodles and had been resting at home for the past three days. On Thursday

30 Kids Sick in Bihar After Lizard Found in Mid-Day Meal 0

Report In Bihar’s Darbhanga district, more than 30 children were hospitalised after eating their mid-day meal, which allegedly contained a dead lizard. The incident took place after the school cook prepared vegetables using gram-soaked overnight. During lunchtime, a student spotted the dead lizard in the mi-day meal food, screamed in shock, and fainted on the