A team of health officials – comprising two joint directors, four deputy directors and several state-level officers – recently raided Krishna Stores, a departmental store in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, and seized over 56kg of food items, including rava and cooking oil, which, in some cases, continued to be on the shelves despite having expired over a year-and-a-half ago.
They also stated that the items were used to prepare khichdi, which was consumed by 107 security personnel belonging to the Nagapattinam police force, the Tamil Nadu Battalion Force and the Railway Protection Force. The men suffered food poisoning as a result, and were admitted to three different hospitals.
A state-level officer said it would be inappropriate to state that super-chlorination was the cause of the illness, as it only results in stomach aches and acute discmofort, but does not cause diarrhoea. He added that when they began to investigate the men were found to suffer symptoms that point to other ailments.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he also informed that the cooking oil that was supplied recently had a post-dated manufacturing date, which was four days from the date date on which it was supplied. He added that it was extremely important for the public to be more vigilant about the items they purchase.
They also stated that the items were used to prepare khichdi, which was consumed by 107 security personnel belonging to the Nagapattinam police force, the Tamil Nadu Battalion Force and the Railway Protection Force. The men suffered food poisoning as a result, and were admitted to three different hospitals.
A state-level officer said it would be inappropriate to state that super-chlorination was the cause of the illness, as it only results in stomach aches and acute discmofort, but does not cause diarrhoea. He added that when they began to investigate the men were found to suffer symptoms that point to other ailments.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he also informed that the cooking oil that was supplied recently had a post-dated manufacturing date, which was four days from the date date on which it was supplied. He added that it was extremely important for the public to be more vigilant about the items they purchase.
I don't agree that the food poisoning is due to expired oil or any other food product. In my knowledge expiry dates are only half of actual expiry period of food products.
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