Frog found in midday meal, 5 fall ill

Food safety authorities today took specimen of food from a school in Badgaon in Saharanpur district, in which a dead frog was found.
Food safety officer Paramjeet Singh said a dead frog was found in the rice-dal served to students of Sati Smarak Inter College here on Tuesday, after which three students and two teachers fell ill.
The teachers had tasted the food before it was served to the students. The school principal Suraj Bhan then immediately ordered to stop serving the food.
Food safety officers today took the specimen of the food and have sent it for inspection.
Singh said legal action would be initiated against the NGO which supplied the food containing the dead frog.