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        "msgid": "431-east-java-students-fall-ill-after-eating-free-meals-1788324719",
        "date": "2026-09-02 11:00:16",
        "title": "431 East Java Students Fall Ill After Eating Free Meals",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Hundreds of students at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, have suffered food poisoning after consuming meals provided under the government's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme. The National Nutrition Agency has temporarily suspended the local Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) while awaiting laboratory results to identify the cause of the incident.",
        "content": "<p>431 East Java Students Fall Ill After Eating Free Meals<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<p>September 2, 2026 | 11:00 am<\/p>\n<p>TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hundreds of students at Manbaul Hikam Islamic\nboarding school in Tanggulangin, Sidoarjo, East Java, have reportedly\nsuffered food poisoning after eating meals provided under Indonesia\u2019s\nFree Nutritious Meals (MBG) program.<\/p>\n<p>The meals were supplied by a local Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit\n(SPPG) operating outside the boarding school.<\/p>\n<p>Manbaul Hikam Tanggulangin Foundation Chairperson K.H. Abdul Wahid\nHarun said the students ate the MBG meals at around noon on Tuesday,\nSeptember 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>They began experiencing symptoms including nausea, vomiting and\ndiarrhea at around 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>As of 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 431 students had\nreportedly been affected and taken to several hospitals in Sidoarjo.<\/p>\n<p>Wahid said the meals were supplied by the Kalitengah SPPG in Sidoarjo\nbecause the boarding school does not have its own kitchen unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not true that the kitchen unit is located at the boarding\nschool. It is in Kalitengah,\u201d Wahid told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 students received the free meals, he said, although\nnot all of them developed symptoms or required hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Kalitengah SPPG supervisor First Sergeant Andik confirmed the\nincident.<\/p>\n<p>He said the meals consisted of white rice, scrambled eggs, stir-fried\ngreen beans and baby corn, Balinese-style seasoned tempeh, and apples.\nThe SPPG delivered 440 meal trays to the boarding school.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the meals were consumed at lunchtime, while others were eaten\nlater in the afternoon because some students were still attending\nclasses, Andik said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, East Java Regional Deputy Coordinator of the National\nNutrition Agency (BGN), Teguh Bayu Wibowo, said the Kalitengah SPPG had\nbeen temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are awaiting laboratory test results to determine which\nfood item may have caused the suspected poisoning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce the lab results are available, the BGN headquarters will\ndetermine whether the SPPG should remain temporarily suspended or be\npermanently suspended,\u201d Teguh said.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Why Indonesia Halts Free Meal Distribution to 80 Elite Private\nSchools<\/p>\n<p>Click here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google\nNews<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/431-east-java-students-fall-ill-after-eating-free-meals-1788324719",
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