<p>At least 40 children fell ill Friday after having their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Rohtas district, officials said. The students are now out of danger.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The children complained of uneasiness after the meals at Katar Middle School, and were admitted at a hospital, a district official said.<br /><br />"All the children are now safe," he said. "All of them, except two, were discharged after preliminary treatment at the hospital," he added.<br /><br />Samples of the meal have been collected by police for forensic examination.<br /><br />According to officials, some children said a lizard was found in the mid-day meal served to them, which claim "may be true or a rumour". However, the doctors who examined the children did not find any sign of poison in their bodies.<br /><br />Last month, a lizard was found in the mid-day meal served in Sheohar district and a dead rat was found in the mid-day meal served to students of a primary school in Patna.<br /><br />Last July, 23 children lost their lives after they consumed the mid-day meal cooked in contaminated oil at the government primary school in Dharmasati Gandawan village of Saran district.<br /><br />The mid-day meal scheme is being run in 72,000 schools across Bihar to serve day meals to 16 million students so that they continue schooling.<br /></p>
<p>At least 40 children fell ill Friday after having their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Rohtas district, officials said. The students are now out of danger.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The children complained of uneasiness after the meals at Katar Middle School, and were admitted at a hospital, a district official said.<br /><br />"All the children are now safe," he said. "All of them, except two, were discharged after preliminary treatment at the hospital," he added.<br /><br />Samples of the meal have been collected by police for forensic examination.<br /><br />According to officials, some children said a lizard was found in the mid-day meal served to them, which claim "may be true or a rumour". However, the doctors who examined the children did not find any sign of poison in their bodies.<br /><br />Last month, a lizard was found in the mid-day meal served in Sheohar district and a dead rat was found in the mid-day meal served to students of a primary school in Patna.<br /><br />Last July, 23 children lost their lives after they consumed the mid-day meal cooked in contaminated oil at the government primary school in Dharmasati Gandawan village of Saran district.<br /><br />The mid-day meal scheme is being run in 72,000 schools across Bihar to serve day meals to 16 million students so that they continue schooling.<br /></p>