Boy falls ill after consuming noodles

A 10-year-old boy fell ill after consuming a pack of noodles, following which the entire consignment of over 700 packets <g data-gr-id="24">were</g> seized from the retailer, a food safety officer said today.

S Arun Kumar, a fifth standard student of Tiruchopuram in Kurinjipadi Union near here, had noodles for dinner yesterday and soon after began vomiting, besides having seizures.

He was treated by a local physician and later taken to General Hospital here.

"The boy began <g data-gr-id="23">vomitting</g> and took ill after consuming noodles. He was admitted in General Hospital," said MP Raja, Food Safety Officer, Cuddalore District.

The noodle brand consumed did not come under the list of brands recently banned by the state government, he said, adding, 714 packets of the brand were seized from the retail outlet from where it was purchased.

Hospital authorities said the "boy is now all right." "He was given symptomatic treatment for <g data-gr-id="27">vomitting</g> and seizures (fits). He was referred to our hospital with symptoms of <g data-gr-id="28">vomitting</g> followed by seizures," a doctor said, requesting anonymity. "<g data-gr-id="29">May be</g> the noodles the boy had could have been contaminated and he fell sick," the doctor said.