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Indonesia’s Central Java sets up free meals hotlines after widespread poisoning

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A student is carried on a stretcher after suffering from food poisoning at Cisarua Junior High School in Bandung, West Java, on Oct 14, 2025.

A student being taken away on a stretcher after suffering food poisoning at Cisarua Junior High School in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on Oct 14.

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- The Central Java administration has launched dedicated hotlines to monitor and respond to cases linked to the

government’s free nutritious meal programme

, following a series of food poisoning outbreaks that have affected more than 2,700 students.

The main hotline, 0811-2622-000, will be operated by the Central Java Health Agency. In addition, health agencies in all 35 regencies across the Indonesian province are setting up their own dedicated hotlines to handle reports at the local level.

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