Bihar school meal poisoning incident
Location of Bihar in India | |
| Date | 16 July 2013 |
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| Location | Dharmasati Mata School, Gandama village, Mashrakh town, state of Bihar India |
| Coordinates | 26°06′19″N 84°44′23″E / 26.10528°N 84.73972°E |
| Cause | Food adulteration and yellow phosphorus poisoning |
| Deaths | 23 |
On 16 July 2013, 23–27 students died, and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the village of Gandaman in the Saran district of the Indian state of Bihar after eating a Midday Meal contaminated with pesticide. Angered by the deaths and illnesses, villagers took to the streets in many parts of the district in violent protest. Subsequently, the Bihar government took a series of steps to prevent any recurrence of such incidents.