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Indonesian officials probe food-poison cases from state meal scheme

Indonesian officials said more than 500 students in East Java were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning tied to state-supplied meals as the government works to reform the free-meals program oversight agency.

More than 500 students in Indonesia's East Java were hospitalised with food poisoning suspected to have been caused by state-supplied meals, regional officials said on Wednesday, as the government works to reform the agency overseeing its ambitious free-meals scheme.President Prabowo Subianto launc…