At the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), around 200 students fell on September 10, 2013 after eating mess food. The incident happened at Rajendra Bhawan Hostel at IIT-R.

The students complained of stomach ache and vomiting and the food safety department raided the hostel canteen 9 days later. It found that food items in the hostel mess were unhygienic. The department served a show-cause notice to the IIT authorities asking them why had they not bothered to get the license for the mess.

Based on the report of the food safety department, Haridwar district court has slapped a fine of Rs 3 lakh on IIT-R authorities. The samples of edible items were sent to the food and drug testing laboratory at Rudrapur which revealed that the chilli powder being used was of sub-standard quality.