Hundreds of Indonesian Students Sick After Eating Government Free Meals

A new free school lunch program in Indonesia is under fire after nearly 2,000 students and teachers fell ill with food poisoning.

A new government program meant to provide free meals to students in Indonesia has run into a major problem. Thousands of people have gotten sick after eating the school lunches. Reports say that between 800 and 2,000 students and teachers have suffered from food poisoning. Those affected reported feeling sick shortly after eating the meals provided by the government. Because so many people were hurt, officials have stepped in to investigate. They are now testing the food samples to figure out exactly what went wrong. They want to know if the food was spoiled, handled the wrong way, or cont…