5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (768+ words) JAKARTA: A 16-year-old student in Karo regency, North Sumatra, has suffered memory loss, seizures and difficulty speaking after falling ill in a mass food poisoning incident linked to the government’s free nutritious meal programme, raising fresh concerns about food safety…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) KOTA KINABALU: While no haze-related deaths have been reported, the public – especially vulnerable groups like children, the elderly and those with comorbidities – must not underestimate the health risks, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. The Health Minister said the ministry…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (810+ words) JAKARTA: The latest series of food poisoning incidents has put President Prabowo Subianto’s free nutritious meal programme under renewed scrutiny, with cases now being investigated by the National Police and questions mounting over whether recent reforms have addressed the programme’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) The nation’s top human rights body urged police to investigate several new outbreaks of food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship ­programme to provide free meals to students, which made 2,000 people sick this week. In separate cases across at…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) More than 500 students in East Java were hospitalised with food poisoning suspected to have been caused by state-supplied meals, regional officials said, as the government works to reform the agency overseeing its ambitious free-meals scheme. President Prabowo Subianto launched his…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (183+ words) CANTEEN operators at schools participating in the Selangor Nutrition Programme (NutriSel) will be monitored to ensure that meals served meet the required standards. Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the quantity, quality and nutritional value will be evaluated…...