Over 1,000 Indonesian Students Fall Ill from Free School Meals0

• A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
• September 30, 2025

Key Development More than 1,000 children in Indonesia’s West Java province fell ill this week after consuming school lunches or free school meals supplied under President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals programme, officials reported. The outbreak affected four districts and sparked urgent calls from non-governmental organisations to temporarily suspend the programme due to health and food