BGN reveals types of food that may cause digestive issues
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has revealed the types of food in the Free Nutritious Meals Programme (MBG) menu that have the potential to cause digestive disorders.
Deputy Head of BGN, Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, stated on the official Instagram @nanik_deyang, as quoted from Jakarta on Monday, that based on evaluations from the investigation team for monitoring and supervision, there are several types of food that so far could be the cause of digestive disorders, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea.
“Among those foods, the one that often causes stomach pain and diarrhoea is soto. This can happen because the condiments still include raw items such as cabbage, celery, and bean sprouts. Additionally, when served, the water placed separately is already cold,” said Nanik.
“Other food items that easily cause stomach pain in children because they spoil quickly include nasi kuning, nasi uduk, and nasi goreng,” she added.
Furthermore, other types of food that often cause digestive disorders include various types of noodles, particularly if the process of cooking fried noodles involves directly mixing them with vegetables.
“Shredded chicken is also among the highest causes of food poisoning. This can occur because often the shredded chicken is not from premium chicken, but rather second- or third-grade chicken (not fresh). Additionally, the process of shredding the chicken, done in the afternoon to meet deadlines without using gloves, also increases the risk of contamination,” she explained.
Nanik added that foods using various sauces also have the potential to cause digestive disorders, because sometimes they are cooked first in an undercooked condition, then consumed by children more than 12 hours after cooking, and even some are taken home.
“Finally, the menu that also causes children to feel nauseous and vomit is grilled chicken and barbecued fish. After investigation, it turns out the grilling process does not use a large oven, but a torch tool usually only used for caramelisation or singeing thin meat, so the degree of doneness does not reach the inside,” said Nanik.
Therefore, for the time being, BGN does not recommend these types of food for the MBG menu for children, until the Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) have competent cooks who truly understand the proper cooking procedures.