Indonesia Links Free Meal Program to Hundreds of Food Poisoning Cases
Health officials in Indonesia have connected a widespread food poisoning outbreak to a government-sponsored free meal initiative, with over 1,700 people affected, primarily schoolchildren. Authorities have suspended distribution from the implicated catering facilities pending a full investigation.
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Above 1,700 Indonesians get food poisoning after eating state-issued free meals
Another 777 students and teachers contracted food poisoning in Indonesia’s Central Java after consuming government-issued free meals, a school principal said on Thursday, bringing the total number of people made ill by the scheme to more than 1,700 in just a week. In separate incidents in three other locations this week, 950 Indonesians had fallen ill as a result of food poisoning linked to the programme, a member of a parliamentary commission overseeing health said. President Prabowo Subian...
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