Nanded: 32 Students Fall Ill After Non-Veg Meal At Ashramshala

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How it spread - 21 original reports, 3 reprints

1. Tue, 11 August 2026

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   • freepressjournal.in09:55
     Nanded: 32 Students Fall Ill After Non-Veg Meal At Ashramshala

     Upon receiving news of the incident, the Tehsildar, Block Development Officer and senior officials from the Education Department visited the hospital to take stock of the situation. Samples of the suspected food have been sent to a laboratory for testing, and the exact cause of the illness will become clear after the test report is received

2. Tue, 18 August 2026

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   • Times of India15:01
     ‘Detergent mistaken for salt’: 2 dozen students fall ill after mid-day meal in Bihar

     Over two dozen students fell ill after consuming a mid-day meal. The incident occurred at a government school in Bihar's Nalanda district. Affected students were taken to Biharsharif Sadar Hospital for treatment. Officials are conducting an inquiry into the alleged lapse during food preparation. All children are reported to be out of danger.

3. Wed, 19 August 2026

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   • siasat.com10:21
     Bihar: 34 ill as school uses detergent instead of salt in meal

     As many as 34 children fell ill in Bihar after they were served a midday meal in which detergent powder was mixed "by mistake."

4. Wed, 2 September 2026

   2 reports
   • Channel News Asia07:47
     Indonesian officials say government-supplied meals tested after more than 500 students fall ill

     Non-governmental watchdog Network for Education Watch said that as of Aug 8, there had been some 37,600 cases of food poisoning linked to the free-meals programme.

   • Al Jazeera English17:37first to report
     Over 500 students hospitalised after eating state-supplied meals in Indones

     More than 500 students in Indonesia were hospitalised with food poisoning on Tuesday.

5. Thu, 3 September 2026

   4 reports
   • South China Morning Post13:56
     Over 1,700 Indonesians get food poisoning after eating state-issued free meals

     Another 777 students and teachers contracted food poisoning in Indonesia’s Central Java after consuming government-issued free meals, a school principal said on Thursday, bringing the total number of people made ‌ill by the scheme to more than 1,700 in just a week. In separate incidents in three other locations this week, 950 Indonesians had fallen ill as a result of food poisoning linked to the programme, a member of a parliamentary commission overseeing health said. President Prabowo...

   • BBC News World15:48
     Around 2,000 fall ill in Indonesia after eating free school meals

     Authorities are investigating several suspected outbreaks amid growing criticism of the scheme.

   • DW Top Stories17:59
     Indonesia: Thousands fall sick from free school meals

     URL changednow www.dw.com/en/indonesia-school-meals-sick-children/a-78894485?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

     Hundreds of new food poisoning cases have been reported this week linked to President Prabowo Subianto's free school lunch program. The costly scheme has been dogged by health concerns and allegations of corruption.

   • Index.hr (Croatia)20:24
     2000 učenika i nastavnika u Indoneziji otrovalo se jedući besplatne školske obroke

     OKO 2000 učenika i nastavnika u Indoneziji otrovalo se u posljednja tri dana hranom koja se poslužuje u sklopu vladina programa besplatnih školskih obroka.

6. Fri, 4 September 2026

   1 report
   • Novinky (Czechia)05:43
     Průšvih v Indonésii: Jídlem zdarma z vládního programu se otrávilo na 2000 lidí

     Jídlem, které je poskytováno zdarma v rámci vládního programu, se tento týden otrávilo na 2000 Indonésanů. Hlavní skupina na ochranu lidských práv v zemi vyzvala policii, aby věc vyšetřila, informovala v pátek agentura Reuters.

     1 reprint

     • iRozhlas (Czechia)4 Sept, 06:01their copy
7. Sat, 5 September 2026

   2 reports
   • abcnews.com09:17removed by the outlet
     Nearly 2,000 people fall ill in suspected food poisoning in Indonesia

     Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, have fallen ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meals program between Sept. 1 and Sept. 3

     2 reprints

     • sitkasentinel.com5 Sept, 09:17their copy
     • toronto.citynews.ca5 Sept, 09:18their copy
   • ABC News (Australia)10:47
     2,000 cases of suspected food poisoning from Indonesia's free school meals

     The outbreaks are the latest setback for the program, which has been rolled out across the archipelago despite repeated food poisoning incidents and corruption allegations.

8. Tue, 8 September 2026

   2 reports
   • yahoo.com06:22
     Indonesia suspends nearly 2,000 free meal kitchens for breaching sanitation rules

     JAKARTA, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The Indonesian agency responsible for the country's free meals programme has temporarily closed nearly 2,000 kitchens for failing to register for hygiene checks, its chief

   • Channel News Asia07:02
     Indonesia suspends nearly 2,000 free meal kitchens for breaching sanitation rules
9. Wed, 9 September 2026

   1 report
   • South China Morning Post11:00
     Indonesia has new food safety rules for free meals. Why are students still falling ill?

     Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meals programme is facing renewed scrutiny after yet another wave of mass food poisoning that affected more than 2,000 students, raising questions about why safeguards on paper fail to translate to food safety on the ground. A series of illnesses were reported in Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi in the past week. The latest was on Tuesday in Rembang, Central Java, where 200 students of an Islamic school showed symptoms of food...

10. Sat, 12 September 2026

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    • South China Morning Post15:20
      39 pupils and staff fall ill after eating school lunches in Sha Tin

      Hong Kong health authorities are investigating an outbreak of suspected food poisoning that hit 39 pupils and staff members who ate lunch at a Sha Tin school earlier this week. Twenty-three boys and 14 girls, aged between five and 11, from Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School and two employees, aged 34 and 38, were affected. They developed stomach pain and diarrhoea about eight to 22 hours after eating school lunches provided by a supplier on Wednesday. A spokesman for the...

11. Sun, 13 September 2026

    2 reports
    • South China Morning Post13:02
      Supplier to end classroom lunch portioning at Sha Tin school after 39 fall ill

      A lunch supplier will stop portioning meals in classrooms at a Hong Kong primary school following a suspected food poisoning outbreak that hit 39 pupils and staff members last week. Danny Catering Service said in a statement on Sunday to its school partners, parents and teachers that the incident was “isolated” and linked to the school’s portioning arrangement, and did not affect its services at other locations. “To ensure student food safety and avoid potential cross-contamination or...

    • Times of India15:35
      75 students fall sick with vomiting, diarrhoea at Surat boarding school

      At least seventy-five students fell sick with suspected food poisoning at a Surat boarding school. Twelve students required hospitalization after developing symptoms like diarrhoea and vomiting. Four students have since been discharged, while others remain in stable condition. Health officials inspected the school hostel and collected food samples for testing. A mobile medical team is also conducting health check-ups of all students.

12. Mon, 21 September 2026

    1 report
    • ABC News (Australia)19:09
      Teen suffers memory loss after Indonesian school-meal poisoning

      Indonesia's flagship free school-meals program is facing growing criticism after more students suffer food poisoning, prompting calls for legal action and greater accountability.

13. Thu, 1 October 2026

    1 report
    • thestar.com.my09:25
      Indonesia to launch 480 free-meals scheme kitchens in October, most to be in remote areas

      JAKARTA: Indonesia's troubled free-meals programme will open 480 kitchens next month, with most to be located in remote and disadvantaged areas such as the easternmost region of Papua, the head of the National Nutrition Agency (NNA) said in a video post on Wednesday (Sept 30).

14. Sun, 11 October 2026

    1 report
    • news.tuoitre.vn04:45
      55 hospitalized with suspected food poisoning after eating 'banh mi' in central Vietnam

      Fifty-five people have been hospitalized with suspected food poisoning after eating 'banh mi' from a popular sandwich shop in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam, prompting authorities to suspend its operations pending an investigation.