# FDA raids bakery after 11 ill from cake with dead lizard 2026-08-16T12:58:28+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) Eleven people, including seven children, were hospitalised after eating a birthday cake that allegedly contained a dead lizard in Nala Sopara, Palghar district, Maharashtra, police said on Sunday. Three of the children are in the ICU. The Food and Drug Administration raided the bakery and cancelled its licence. The incident occurred on Saturday evening when children brought the cake to a 25-year-old woman's birthday party. Shortly after eating, they felt a burning sensation in their chests and vomited. The children claimed they found a dead lizard inside. Tulinj police visited the hospital, seized samples, and sent them for testing. Vasai-Virar mayor Ajeev Patil said the local body is investigating and has alerted the FDA. Dr Vidya Sawant of Vijayalakshmi Hospital said all affected are stable. The exact cause of the poisoning will be known after analysis. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - hindustantimes.com (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T13:59:19+00:00. Tags: Ajeev Patil, Nala Sopara Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/11-ill-after-cake-at-nala-sopara-birthday-party-children-in-icu/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/11-ill-after-cake-at-nala-sopara-birthday-party-children-in-icu/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/