Dec 5, 2019
UP: Inquiry ordered after dead rat found in midday meal
At least eight students and a teacher from a UP school complained of uneasiness and had to be taken to a hospital after a dead rat was found in the midday meal in a UP school on Tuesday.
Additional District Magistrate Amit Kumar Singh said that the small rodent was scooped out of a container of yellow urad daal at the Janata Inter-College – a government-aided institute - in Mustafabad Panchenda village. Luckily, no one had eaten till then.
The meal, meant for students of Class VI, VII and VIII, was supplied by NGO Janklyan Samiti of Hapur. An FIR has been lodged against the organisation.
An inquiry has been ordered and strict action will be taken against those found guilty of negligence, Singh said.
The students and the teacher complained of vomiting after they saw the rat in the daal.
Recently, the UP government has been in the news for all the wrong reasons thanks to its midday meal scheme.
Last week, a video showed that a litre of milk was allegedly diluted with a bucket of water so that 81 children could be served during their midday meal at a government school in Sonbhadra district, following which a teacher was suspended.
Two months ago, a similar video emerged from Siyur Primary School in Mirzapur district showing a woman distributing rotis and another giving salt to the children.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had taken note of the Mirzapur incident and sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary following which two teachers were suspended. The commission had also sought a detailed report about the status of the midday meal scheme across the state within four weeks. PTI
The rat was scooped out from the bottom of a daal container
Mumbai Central gets India's first 'Eat Right Station', 4-star rating by FSSAI
- As part of efforts to help passengers make a healthy and right food choice, the Indian Railways launched the 'Eat Right Station
- 'Eat Right India' is built on two broad pillars—Eat Healthy and Eat Safe
MUMBAI : The Mumbai Central Terminus of the Western Railway has been certified as India's first "Eat Right Station" with a 4-Star rating awarded by the FSSAI.
The honour came on the basis of compliance of food safety and hygiene, availability of healthy diet, food handling at preparation, trans-shipment and retail/serving points, food waste management, promotion of local and seasonal foods and creating awareness on food safety and a healthy diet, said Western Railway chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar, here on Tuesday.
"The Western Railway, food quality regulator FSSAI, and Indian Railways Catering Tourism Corporation trained food handlers, both in canteens and base kitchens, inspected catering establishments at the station, certified and rated the standards of food," Bhakar said.
As part of efforts to help passengers make a healthy and right food choice, the Indian Railways launched the 'Eat Right Station' as part of the 'Eat Right India' initiative of the FSSAIstarted in 2018.
It focused on improving the health and well-being of the people by ensuring they ate healthy, with the FSSAI making suitable interventions on both the demand side and supply side, besides related aspects, said Bhakar.
'Eat Right India' built on two broad pillars -- Eat Healthy and Eat Safe -- aimed to engage, excite and enable people enhance their health and wellbeing, he added.
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