Makassar, Nov. 22 -- The Indonesian National Nutrition Agency (BGN) organized technical training on food safety and quality for around 7,000 food handlers involved in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in South Sulawesi Province.

"Today, we are simultaneously training some seven thousand people from Makassar, Bulukumba, and Wajo. The participants include volunteers recruited as cooks," BGN's Deputy for Provision and Distribution Suardi Samiran remarked in Makassar City on Saturday.

He added that the training, which also targeted other workers serving in MBG kitchens, officially called nutrition fulfillment service units (SPPGs), including kitchen leaders and accountants, is designed to prevent erroneous practices that could lead to...