Archive · 16 Aug 2026
11 Hospitalised After Eating Birthday Cake in Mumbai's Nalasopara
Some people got very sick after eating a birthday cake, and eleven people — four women and seven children — started throwing up.
They were taken to Vijaylaxmi Hospital in Nalasopara, near Mumbai in India.
Doctors checked everyone and said they were stable.
Normally they could have gone home within a few hours, but because it was a special medico-legal case, they had to stay for 24 hours.
Everyone was discharged at 8 pm on Sunday.
Some people claimed part of a dead lizard was found in the cake.
Officials from the Food and Drug Administration looked into it.
They could not prove the claim, so the reason everyone got sick is still unclear.
Everyone was safe and got to go home.
Eleven people, including four women and seven children, were admitted to Vijaylaxmi Hospital in Nalasopara, Mumbai, after eating a birthday cake on Saturday.
All patients complained of vomiting after consuming the cake.
All patients were reported stable and were discharged at 8 pm on Sunday.
FDA officials conducted an inspection but did not substantiate claims that part of a dead lizard was found in the cake.
Doctors said patients could have been discharged earlier, but the case was medico-legal and required a 24-hour hospital stay.
- Who
- Eleven people — four women and seven children — who ate a birthday cake, treated at Vijaylaxmi Hospital in Nalasopara.
- What
- They were hospitalised for vomiting after consuming a birthday cake; all were stable and discharged after 24 hours.
- When
- Admitted on Saturday; discharged at 8 pm on Sunday.
- Where
- Nalasopara, Mumbai, at Vijaylaxmi Hospital.
- Why
- They fell ill after consuming the cake; FDA inspection did not substantiate claims of a dead lizard in the cake.
Claimants
FDA Officials
Dead lizard in birthday cake
Claimants
It was claimed that part of a dead lizard was found in the birthday cake.
FDA Officials
FDA officials conducted an inspection and did not substantiate the claim that part of a dead lizard was found in the cake.
- People hospitalised
- 11 (four women, seven children)
- Symptoms
- Vomiting
- Location
- Nalasopara, Mumbai
- Hospital
- Vijaylaxmi Hospital
- Admitted
- Saturday
- Discharged
- Sunday at 8 pm
- FDA finding
- Dead lizard claim not substantiated