The head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has required every\nkitchen in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme to connect its CCTV\ncameras to the agency\u2019s central system, in a move intended to strengthen\nmonitoring of the kitchens.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose kitchens already have CCTV, ladies and gentlemen. The cameras\nare local. What we want to do is make the footage that kitchen owners\ncan view available to us as well by connecting it to the central system.\nThen artificial intelligence will be added,\u201d Sudaryono said at the \u2018MBG\nTransformation 2.0\u2019 event at Usmar Ismail Hall on Jalan Rasuna Said,\nSetia Budi, South Jakarta, on Thursday (29 October 2026).<\/p>\n
Sudaryono said he had also presented the plan to President Prabowo\nSubianto and that it was already being piloted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someone puts ingredients on the floor, does not wear gloves,\nchops cabbage on the floor and so on, that will pop up, and we can\nprevent it before the ingredients they are handling become food,\u201d\nSudaryono said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pilot has been successful. In line with the President\u2019s\ninstructions, we reported it to him because there have been several\nreports of food-poisoning cases. It is now mandatory for every kitchen\nto connect its CCTV to the BGN system so it can be monitored,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n
However, Sudaryono said the system\u2019s implementation faced challenges.\nSome MBG kitchens were reluctant to install CCTV cameras connected to\nthe central system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem, ladies and gentlemen, is that some kitchens do not want\nto do it because they would be exposed. If they connect their CCTV,\neverything is laid bare: whether the kitchen is clean, filthy, poor or\ngood, and all the nooks and crannies between rooms will be visible. But\nthis will be a milestone in the oversight work we are going to carry\nout,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Sudaryono is targeting 10,000 MBG kitchens with CCTV connected to the\ncentral system by the end of 2026. The agency has also established a\nCrisis Management Manual to improve oversight of the programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy the end of this year, we are targeting at least 5,000 to 10,000\nkitchens out of the 26,300 to be connected to centralised CCTV, with the\nfootage combined or monitored using artificial intelligence so we can\ntake preventive action to ensure kitchens follow standard operating\nprocedures. The kitchens run by the National Police\u2019s SPPG, as well as\nthose operated by other institutions, Muhammadiyah, Nahdlatul Ulama and\nothers, are ready to connect first,\u201d Sudaryono said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have also established a Crisis Management Manual for cases of\nfood poisoning, accidents and other incidents. We are putting in place\nthings that were not available before,\u201d he added.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bgn-chief-requires-free-meals-programme-kitchen-cctv-to-be-linked-to-central-system-1793263962", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }