Hundreds hit with food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free meals from president’s flagship program | Indonesia
According to the authorities, President Prabowo Subiral’s flagship to hit the free dinner program in the event of the biggest food poison, after consuming the school lunch after the school in the center of Java, the town of Indonesia Sragen more than 360 people were ill.
Since its release in January, the free school dinner program has affected more than 1,000 people by mass food poisoning cases in the archipelago.
Sragen Government Chief Sigit Pamungkas said Reuters 365 people were ill and a food sample was sent to a laboratory for the test. The government said it would pay for any medical treatment if necessary.
A student in a local secondary school told Reuters that he woke up with a sharp pain in his stomach at night. There was a headache and diarrhea that he noticed that his schoolmates were caused by food poisoning after seeing his social media publications complaining.
Possible contaminated lunch turmeric rice, omelette strips, fried temple, cucumber and lettuce salad, sliced apple and a box of milk were cooked in a central kitchen and distributed to several schools.
“We wanted us to temporarily stop the food distribution from that kitchen until the laboratory results returned, Sig said Sigit.
In a statement to the Chief Dadan Hindayana Reuters, the National Nutrition Agency of the government, which controls the program, increased kitchen operations and delivery standards after previous food poisoning cases.
Million dollar policy was a center of Prabowo’s election campaign, and the former general said that the program would improve the quality of life of the participants and increase economic growth.
The free food program has been rapidly expanded to more than 15 million buyers. Authorities plan to reach 83 million people by the end of the year and budget a total of 171 trillion rupees ($ 10.62 billion) this year.
In January, at least 190 kitchen operated by third -party catering services, some of which are opened nationwide, including some of the military bases to produce food.
According to media reports, in May in a city in West Java, more than 200 students became ill and a laboratory found that food was contaminated with Salmonella and E. coli bacteria.
