Jakarta, Sept. 27 -- President Prabowo Subianto will summon the Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, to discuss cases of food poisoning linked to the government's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in several regions.

"I have just returned from a 7-day foreign visit. I have monitored the development and will immediately summon the BGN head and several officials to discuss it," he said at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta, on Saturday.

He noted that the MBG program will certainly face some obstacles at the beginning, especially given the large scale of the program. However, he underscored that those obstacles should be addressed well.

The president reminded that the goal behind the initiation of the free me...