Keep food for kids safe: Mayor

Keep food for kids safe: Mayor

BOGOR (JP): Mayor Iswara Natanegara told his staff on Monday
to avoid using harmful substances in the food distributed to some
14,700 elementary school students as part of the Extra Food for
School Kids scheme.

"I want all parties to pay great attention to sanitation and
health in the processing of the food, and avoid the use of
substances such as dyes that could affect the children's health,"
the mayor said during a coordinating meeting of officials in
charge of the scheme for the October to December 2000 period.

Iswara said a shortage of funds for the program did not mean
the officials were allowed to take shortcuts and use harmful
substances in the food.

The head of Bogor's development planning board, Deddy S.
Hamdan, said the food, for the most part traditional snacks,
would be distributed in stages to students at 46 public
elementary schools and Islamic Madrasah Ibtidaiyah elementary
schools, plus one Islamic boarding school.

"The schools are located in six districts in Bogor, namely
North Bogor, East Bogor, South Bogor, West Bogor, Central and
Tanah Sereal.

The officials did not say how much the program cost or where
the funds came from. (21/bsr)