AURANGABAD: Doctors attending to the students who fell ill after having mid-day meal at the Jawahar Nagar school on Saturday said food poisoning appeared to be the prima facie cause, while mayor Kala Oza has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
However, food and drug administration officials said the students might have come in contact of insecticides sprayed in the vicinity of the school. Nine girls and 14 boys from classes I to VII were served the food in batches.
Head of the paediatric department Prashant Patil said the students were feeling nausea. A team of 15 doctors are monitoring the condition of the students, who have been kept under observation for 24 hours.
Health officer in AMC Jayashree Kulkarni said it was a case of food poisoning. "Insecticide is sprayed daily throughout the city. If anyone comes in contact with it, the person shows different symptoms from what the students reported," she said.
Assistant food commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, M D Shah, said the children might have come in contact with the insecticides. "We found that insecticide was sprayed in the surrounding, though we did not find samples of food."
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Food Relief Foundation (IFRF) provides meals cooked at the mostly automated setup. The organastion also plans to re-examine the entire system of food preparation to ensure the safety of the students.
Sudershan Potbhare, in-charge of midday meal programme of Iskcon, said, "We have preserved the food sample and anyone can take it for analysis. We will cooperate with the investigation. From Monday, we will also inspect the places where the meals are served."
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