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View all search resultsAfter at least two food poisoning incidents related to the free nutritious meals program, calls for stricter food safety procedures and monitoring have surfaced from parents and experts alike.
The second day of the free meals rollout saw some schoolchildren complaining of unpalatable food, raising concerns among students, parents and experts alike about whether the government can maintain food quality and safety in the ambitious flagship program.
All eyes will be on President Prabowo Subianto’s administration on Monday with the rollout of the landmark free nutritious meals program, which will focus most of the work on densely populated Java in the first phase of a multiyear effort to improve the nation’s overall nutritional intake.
“Assalamualaikum, [...] honorable heads of our subdistrict, district, regency and the Education Agency, please fix my school because it is seriously damaged and unfit for learning,” said sixth-grade student Chelsea Al-Fahriyadi in a video that caught the public's attention after being posted by Instagram user @bekasi_24_jam on Jan. 18.
The Tangerang Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) in Banten has arrested an elementary school student and a junior high school student, who were both intoxicated at the time, for allegedly extorting money from truck drivers in Tanah Tinggi central market.
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