Maggots in the tempeh, glass in the rice: Indonesia’s free school meals tainted by food poisoning

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Thousands of cases of food poisoning have been linked to programme launched with fanfare by the president, Prabowo SubiantoRini Irawati feared the worst when she found her teenage daughter Nabila pale and barely breathing in an emergency centre in Indonesia’s West Java. “My heart was shattered,” Rini said.After consuming one of the government’s free school meals this October, 16-year-old Nabila and 500 other students at schools in her area became violently ill. “I’ve seen nothing like it, even during Covid-19,” said Aep Kunaepi, who works at the shelter Nabila was taken to before she was admitted to hospital for three days. Continue reading...