Around 2,000 fall ill in Indonesia after eating free school meals
Around 2,000 students and teachers across Indonesia have fallen ill with food poisoning over the past three days linked to the government’s free school meals programme. In the latest case, 777 people became unwell after consuming the food at a high school in Rembang, Central Java, the institution’s headteacher said. The meals were provided through [...] The post Around 2,000 fall ill in Indonesia…
Around 2,000 students and teachers across Indonesia have fallen ill with food poisoning over the past three days linked to the government’s free school meals programme. The meals, provided through a multibillion-dollar scheme called the Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) programme, have been the suspected source of a string of mass food poisonings.
The programme, one of President Prabowo Subianto’s signature policies, aims to improve nutrition for Indonesia’s schoolchildren but has been dogged by allegations of corruption and criticism of its cost.
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- Around 2,000 fall ill in Indonesia after eating free school meals bbc.co.uk
