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Stale and sickly: Parents in Indonesia fear free school meals amid food poisoning cases
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The rise in incidents has troubled parents whose children receive free meals at their schools daily.
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JAKARTA - Parents are growing increasingly concerned about the government’s free nutritious meals programme for schoolchildren amid a spike in food poisoning cases nationwide
The number of cases linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship programme has continued to climb in recent weeks, reaching nearly 9,000 as at Sept 28, according to education watchdog the Network for Education Watch Indonesia.
