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Indonesia's free school meals program plagued by food poisoning despite new rules

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Despite new food safety regulations implemented in January 2025, Indonesia continues to experience widespread food poisoning incidents among students participating in a government-funded meal program. Over the past week, thousands of students across Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi have fallen ill with symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea after consuming program meals. Officials have attributed some of these outbreaks to "deliberate negligence," and data indicates that by the end of August, at least 43,000 children had been affected by food poisoning linked to the initiative. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Resty Woro Yuniar ·

    Indonesia has new food safety rules for free meals. Why are students still falling ill?

    Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meals programme is facing renewed scrutiny after yet another wave of mass food poisoning that affected more than 2,000 students, raising questions about why safeguards on paper fail to translate to food safety on th…

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