India, Oct. 17 -- After five members of a family died in a village in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a food safety officer said it appears to be "case of poisoning", and may not be an outcome of "food poisoning" as suspected earlier. The official said no suspicious items or expired products were found during an examination of the food packets recovered from their home.

Food Safety Officer OP Singh said the team examined the packets of all the food items consumed by the family but did not find any expiry dates or anything suspicious.

"We examined the packets of all the things they had eaten. No expiry date was found on any of them. We did not find anything suspicious," Singh said.

He added that the absence of symptoms typically associate...