Responding To Prabowo's Call To The Palace, Head Of BGN Discusses Free Nutritious Eating Toxics In Sukoharjo

JAKARTA - Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana fulfilled President Prabowo Subianto's summons to the Jakarta Palace to discuss the progress of the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program.

"Yes, we were summoned to discuss the issue of the Free Nutrition Food program," said Dadan in the Presidential Palace area, Jakarta, Friday, January 17, which was confiscated by Antara.

Dadan said one of the things that will be discussed is the incidence of symptoms of MBG poisoning in Sukoharjo, Central Java.

"We will report (about the MBG poisoning incident in Sukoharjo)," said Dadan.

The MBG incident in Sukoharjo occurred on Thursday, January 16, it was known that 40 students at SDN Dukuh 03 Sukoharjo were poisoned after eating the free nutritious food program menu (MBG).

On the same day, Head of BGN Dadan said the cause of the poisoning occurred due to a chicken processing error which at that time became a free nutritious dining menu at SDN Dukuh 03 Sukoharjo.

Dadan also stated that he did not wait long after the children showed symptoms of nausea and vomiting, the health workers immediately moved quickly. Furthermore, the menu distributed to students was withdrawn and replaced.

All of the chicken dishes, one of which is Corpse chicken, are replaced with boiled eggs.

When asked whether the incident was caused by a technical error in the presentation of the MBG menu, Dadan admitted that.

"Technical processing. The details follow, yes," he said.

The MBG program is a priority program from the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

This program was officially launched last week Monday (6/1) at 190 points in Indonesia.

In the early stages, the MBG Program will target around 3 million beneficiaries in the first three months, with a target of increasing to 6 million recipients in the following three months.

Beneficiaries include children aged PAUD to SMA, toddlers, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. To support the implementation, as many as 937 public kitchens have been prepared.