JAKARTA - Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, said that there are two main risks in the Free Nutrition Food Program (MBG), namely the budget and health of beneficiaries. This was conveyed in the NgobrolIndonesia Program, which was broadcast online, Thursday, August 14.
"We are trying to prevent this incident from happening again even though there are two serious risks in the Free Nutrition Eating Program, namely the risk of the budget and the risks that were like that, the impact of illness. When asked, I honestly fear the second one (of illness) because the chain is long," said Dadan.
According to Dadan, the potential health risk is not only influenced by food processing materials and processes, but also the condition of children when consuming.
To prevent these health risks, such as cases of poisoning experienced by beneficiaries recently, his party ensures tightening standard operating procedures (SOP).
"We carry out evaluations every day. We have now increased SOPs, starting from the selection of ingredients, cooking spices, shortening preparation times, delivery, including distribution to children," he said.
In addition, BGN routinely trains food officials to increase awareness and quality of processing. "Then we train the money of all food officials regularly to always increase vigilance and improve other quality," continued Dadan.
Case Of Toxics Allegedly From MBG Menu In NTT
The National Nutrition Agency previously apologized for the poisoning incident that occurred in the implementation of the MBG Program in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). BGN took firm steps by temporarily stopping the SPPG operation at SMPN 8 Kupang which experienced the incident.
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This statement was conveyed by the Special Staff of the Head of BGN, Redy Hendra Gunawan in the Weekly Update on Acceleration and Evaluation of the MBG Program which was broadcast online, Tuesday, July 29.
"We have followed up on several complaints regarding the implementation of Free Nutrition Food. Recently, especially the incident that occurred in NTT, the National Nutrition Agency has taken firm steps by stopping the related SPPG operations," he said.
In addition, further investigations were carried out thoroughly in collaboration with the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), the Health Office, and independent institutions to be used as evaluation materials and improvements in the implementation of programs in the future.
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