Jakarta, Sept. 27 -- Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) will stop sourcing manufactured food from conglomerate-owned factories for its Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program and instead rely on local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), a senior official said on Friday.

Deputy Head Nanik S. Deyang warned MBG kitchen operators not to serve manufactured products, saying violations would not be tolerated.

"I will not tolerate the use of factory-made products. We will use locally sourced items. Bread will be made by the mothers of the students we feed, baked by mothers and eaten by their children," she told a press conference in Jakarta.

She noted that during Ramadan, free meals for students, toddlers, and pregnant women ofte...