Government insists there is no tolerance for SPPG mark-ups on raw materials

Oversight of the programme is carried out by various parties, ranging from local governments, the Ministry of Health, to the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM). Jakarta — Senior Expert of the Government Communications Agency of the Republic of Indonesia Hariqo Wibawa Satria emphasised that there is no tolerance for Satuan Pelayanan Pemenuhan Gizi (SPPG) that raises prices or marks up raw materials to gain personal profit.

Hariqo explained that the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) as of 3 March 2026 had also closed 49 SPPGs found to have violated standard operating procedures in order to improve the quality of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme.

“The closures were carried out after detecting a number of violations, including suspected mark-ups of food prices. If the market price of eggs is Rp28,000 per kilogram, but bought at Rp35,000 or Rp38,000, that will surely be detected. There is no tolerance for mark ups,” he said in a podcast with ANTARA in Jakarta on Thursday.

He stressed that there is no tolerance for SPPGs proven to have marked up raw materials because the MBG programme concerns the nutrition of the nation’s future generation and is funded from the state budget (APBN), which is also funded from the taxpayers’ money.

He also stated that the programme is supervised by various parties, from local governments, the Ministry of Health, to the BPOM.

Earlier, Head of BGN Dadan Hindayana said that as of 3 March 2026, there were 49 SPPGs suspended temporarily, as part of system rehabilitation and a comprehensive evaluation of the MBG programme.

“Total SPPGs currently suspended is 49 units. This is part of the reform and supervisory process we continue to implement,” he said.

However, of the suspended ones, four SPPGs have been allowed to resume operation after going through evaluation and being deemed to meet the standards set by BGN. The four SPPGs are located in Bengkulu Province, South Kalimantan, and Papua.

“Among those we suspended, four SPPGs have been allowed to operate again because they have met all the improvements we required,” said Dadan.