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Jagan Nathan Vamanan bought “Persepolis masafatl wet dates” on April 8, 2003, from Food World Supermarkets in Chennai and consumed some of them on May 14, 2003.

- JEHANGIR B GAI

He then developed severe stomach pain and breathing difficulties due to erosive gastritis. He was immediately admitted to Apollo Hospital and discharged on May 16, 2003, after undergoing a procedure which Vamanan termed as “abdominal gastrocy”.

Vamanan attributed the medical problem solely to the consumption of those dates, as this was the only “outside food” he had consumed. When he checked the package, he found a sticker which mentioned the expiry date as April 2004, while the original expiry date, embossed in German language, showed that the product had expired much earlier, in February 2002—about 14 months prior to purchase. The dates were imported by Pacificphyto Products and supplied by R.B. Traders to the store from which he purchased the product.