Indonesia’s free meals scheme under scrutiny after more mass food poisonings | The World | ABC NEWS
There are renewed calls to suspend or cancel Indonesia’s nationwide free meals program after a new spate of food poisonings. The program was introduced in January 2025 to tackle child malnutrition by providing free meals to tens of millions of students nationwide. But since then, around 50,000 people fell sick across 560 incidents linked to the scheme. ABC Indonesia journalist Hellena Souisa tells The World for some families, the consequences have been potentially life-changing.
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