<p>Food poisoning refers to an event when two or more people epidemiologically linked get the same illness after consumption of the same contaminated food or drinks. On 16th June,2022 an increased number of students from EAV Kabutare high school in Huye district presented at University Teaching Hospital of Butare(CHUB). An investigation to establish the existence of an outbreak, to identify the source and causative agent and set up appropriate control and preventive measures.</p>