The state food safety department has issued a notice to the Indian Institute of Technology here after food sample taken from the hostel mess on the campus failed in quality check. The notice said the department would initiate penal action.
However, the IIT has a period of 30 days to appeal against the department’s verdict on the sample and get it tested in an accredited laboratory.
If the sample fails the test there as well, the matter will be tried in the additional district magistrate’s court in Haridwar.
But the food safety officer Dilip Jain said the action would be quicker as the IIT had admitted in a statement at the time of the raid that its kitchen was unhygienic.
“It is enough for us to take action against the IIT administration or its director,” Jain said.
Around 200 students staying at the Rajendra Bhawan hostel of the IIT were reported ill after having food from the mess on September 9 last year. They had complained of severe stomach ache and vomiting.
Many students were diagnosed with food poisoning and were admitted in a hospital. Following this, the food safety department raided the hostel mess and collected certain food samples. While one of these samples failed in the quality test, the result of the others is awaited.
“In a test conducted at the Rudrapur-based state food and drug testing laboratory, a sample of red chilli power taken from the Rajendra Bhawan hostel mess has not been found to be of the prescribed food standards,” the food safety officer said.
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