Indonesia's Nutrition Agency Suspends 6,097 Free Meal Program Kitchens Over Missing Daily Reports
The sanction takes effect November 2 for kitchens that failed to file daily fund usage reports through the SIPGN portal; over 2,000 kitchens have also been permanently closed for lacking hygiene certificates.
The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has suspended 6,097 meal service units (SPPG) under the free nutritious meal program effective November 2, after they failed to submit Daily Fund Usage Reports (LPDH) through the SIPGN portal by October 28. The suspensions span Sumatra (1,801 units), Java-Bali-Madura (2,616) and Kalimantan, Sulawesi, NTB/NTT, Maluku and Papua (1,680). Incentive disbursements are halted while a suspension is in force, and it is lifted once reports are filed and pass verification, under BGN circular No. 24/2026.
Separately, more than 2,000 program kitchens have been permanently closed for lacking sanitary hygiene certificates (SLHS). Earlier, on October 13, BGN suspended 91 SPPG following audit findings by the Supreme Audit Agency worth Rp18.19 billion. The agency says kitchens stopped cooking not because funds ran out but because reporting requirements were unmet.