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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Mid-day Meal-Related Food Poisoning Cases at 6 Year Peak: CAG -Sabrang India

Mid-day Meal-Related Food Poisoning Cases at 6 Year Peak: CAG -Sabrang India

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published Published on Sep 27, 2022   modified Modified on Sep 28, 2022

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An audit by CAG blame poor infrastructure, insufficient inspections, irregular licensing and limited reporting.

The Hindu reports that as schools re-opened and students returned to the classroom -two years after the pandemic -- serious cases of food poisoning due to the consumption of mid-day meals have resurfaced, and even grown. In the last 90 days alone as many as 120  students suffered from food poisoning across schools in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

Last year, in 2022, 979 victims of food poisoning were reported in schools across India, the highest in the last six years. The number declined during the pandemic years as schools were closed. Chart 1 shows the number of food poisoning cases due to the consumption of mid-day meals at schools between 2009 and 2022 (till September 14).

In the last 13 years, data suggest that at least 9,646 such cases of food poisoning were reported. This figure is a conservative estimate based on data from the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme and news reports. As high as  12% of such victims became ill after consuming mid-day meals in which lizards, rats, snakes and cockroaches were found. Chart 2 shows the number of such victims between 2009 and 2022. 

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