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Food poisoning hit 707 students and teachers, 13 of them were hospitalized, after they consumed free nutritious meals in Semarang.
Sudaryono, head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), speaks to the press at the agency building in Jakarta on July 22, 2026. (Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has suspended a free nutritious meal program provider after hundreds of students and their teachers in Central Java suffered from food poisoning.BGN head Sudaryono suspended the Karangturi Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG), which was responsible for the meals at SMK 6 state vocational senior high school in Semarang, Kompas.com reported on Sunday.
