Udupi city Municipality seizes 12 tonnes garlic for inspection
Complaints of Chinese garlic sale at Udupi APMC Market
Udupi: The Udupi City Municipality officials raided the APMC Market at Adi Udupi on Monday, after receiving complaints of the banned Chinese garlic being sold at the markets, and seized 12 tonnes of garlic whose quality was suspected by the officers.
The City Municipality team led by Commissioner Rayappa and including APMC officers conducted the raid to inspect the market for stocks of Chinese garlic, whose sale has been prohibited by the Indian government as it contains excessive pesticide. The officers also spoke to the vendors at the market before confiscating bags of garlic weighing about 12 tonnes, as the quality of the garlic was found to be suspicious.
The Municipality Commissioner said that the team has confiscated the entire stock of garlic supplied to the APMC Market in Udupi and has sent samples to the laboratory in Mangaluru to inspect if they are Chinese garlic. The next step in the matter will be taken after the Municipality receives the test reports, Rayappa added.
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He warned that vendors at the markets and the APMC within the administration limits of the Udupi Municipality are not permitted to sell vegetable and fruit, including garlic, containing chemicals. Staff have been appointed by the Municipality to keep a watch on the supply and sale of such products and officers would take strict legal action against violators, the senior officers has added.
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38 children hospitalised after consuming mid-day meal at Thane school
Thane, Oct 1: As many as 38 children fell ill and were hospitalised on Tuesday for suspected food poisoning after they ate a mid-day meal at a private school near Thane city in Maharashtra, officials said.
The children, aged between 8 and 11 years, were admitted to the civic hospital in Kalwa town after they complained of giddiness, nausea, headache and pain in the abdomen after lunch, according to medical officials at the hospital.
All the children are out of danger and responding to the medical treatment, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Additional Commissioner Sandeep Malvi told PTI.
He confirmed that the children had eaten a mid-day meal at the private school.
Another medical official said the students were served rice and moth bean (matki) curry as the meal.
"Samples of food served to students have been collected by FDA officials. It was immediately not known if matki was stale," officials said.
According to officials, initially, five students complained of uneasiness and their number swelled gradually.
"Ambulances were summoned by the school administration and the students were rushed to the hospital," they added.
The parents of the children are also present at the hospital.
