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Indonesian government to probe reports of pork lard, toxic metals in free meal trays
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Mr Taruna gave no details on when the testing would wrap up but he said his team would kick off the probe in the near future.
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JAKARTA - Authorities have launched a probe into unconfirmed reports that food trays imported from China for the free meal program may contain harmful metals and pork lard, raising health and religious concerns for the public.
The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) chairman Taruna Ikrar said the agency would assign a team of its scientists to conduct laboratory tests to check whether the food trays used in the program contained non-halal substances, including pork lard.
