WFP deplores food contamination in NTT

Tue, 04/07/2009 2:28 PM  |  The Archipelago

JAKARTA: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received reports that strange goods were found in its fortified biscuits that were distributed during the school feeding program in Timor Tengah Utara and Belu regencies, East Nusa Tenggara.

Based on an independent investigation, the strange goods were introduced after WFP sent the biscuits to its local partner and after the latter distributed them to the schools.

"It could not be tolerated. We are afraid that some people or groups have endangered the kids and risking the program which was important for malnourished children," Bradley Busetto, WFP Indonesia acting country director, said in a press release, adding that WFP has stopped the food aid and is urging authorities to investigate the case. - JP

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