Overview

• The National Nutrition Agency reports more than 6,400 people affected across 70 food poisoning incidents since January.
• President Prabowo ordered the program’s acceleration with stronger governance, including rapid test kits, food-tray sterilizers, water filters and CCTV for every kitchen.
• Fifty-six production kitchens have been suspended as probes proceed, and schools must conduct visual and odor checks before distributing meals.
• All kitchens are being required to obtain HACCP certification accredited by the National Accreditation Committee, and a regulation defining responsibilities is due within a week.
• The scheme has scaled to roughly 10,000 kitchens and about 30–31 million recipients, while NGOs and families urge a pause after large clusters such as the West Bandung outbreak.