Dead Snake Found In School Student’s Mid-Day Meal In Maharashtra, Sample Sent For Lab Test

Deputy chief executive officer of the Sangli Zilla Parishad Sandip Yadav and other officials from the food safety committee visited the Anganwadi and the packet was taken away for lab tests.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Manmath Nayak

Updated: July 4, 2024, 12:34 PM IST

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Dead Snake Found In School Student’s Mid-Day Meal In Maharashtra.

Mumbai: After several instances of rats and cockroaches being found in food, a dead snake was allegedly found in a packet of mid-day meal meant for children at an `Anganwadi’ or government-run nursery school in western Maharashtra’s Sangli district. The incident was reported on Monday.

The alleged incident came to limelight by the parents of a child at Palus, said Anandi Bhosale, vice-president of the state Anganwadi workers’ union, though district officials could not be contacted to confirm it.

“Children in the age group of six months to three years get packets of mid-day meal, a premix of dal khichadi, at Anganwadis. On Monday, meal packets were distributed by Anganwadi workers in Palus. The parents of one of the children claimed that a tiny dead snake was found in the packet they received,” she said on Wednesday.

The Anganwadi ‘sevika’ (woman worker) reported the incident to the officials, Ms Bhosale added.

Deputy chief executive officer of the Sangli Zilla Parishad Sandip Yadav and other officials from the food safety committee visited the Anganwadi and the packet was taken away for lab tests, she said.