Overview

• In West Java’s Garut region, 569 students from five schools became sick after eating chicken and rice from a single kitchen.
• In Central Sulawesi’s Banggai Islands, 277 cases led the National Nutrition Agency to temporarily halt meal distribution locally.
• Garut authorities said the program will continue there with tighter kitchen surveillance and a temporary shift to simpler foods such as bread, milk, boiled eggs, and fruit.
• A spokesperson for President Prabowo issued an apology for the recurrence of food poisoning cases linked to the initiative.
• An Indonesian think tank has tallied more than 4,000 cases since January as the program reaches over 20 million recipients, carries a 171 trillion rupiah budget, and is slated for a funding increase next year.