Maharashtra: Over 250 fall sick after consuming 'prasad kheer' at Kolhapur fair, food poisoning suspected
safefoodmitra.com · 2025-02-06 10:25:19
"People started complaining of diarrhoea, nausea and fever since today morning. So far, 255 people have fallen sick due to suspected food poisoning. Most of them are claiming that they had `kheer' at the fair. But there were food stalls too," the police official said.
More than 50 persons were undergoing treatment at the hospital and the rest were discharged, he said, adding that all the admitted patients were stable.
"Food samples from the fair have been sent to the forensic laboratory to ascertain if it was food poisoning," said the official.