Expired food used in cooked food supply programme in boarding schools, reveals audit

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PUTRAJAYA: Dry ingredients used in the cooked food supply (BMB) programme in some boarding schools had expired for as long as 427 days, the third series of the Auditor-General's Report 2018 found.

The report said that in a physical audit done from February to March 2019, it found that 28 dry ingredients in 13 out of 42 school samples had no expiration dates and had food that had expired, ranging from one to 427 days.

"This can cause food poisoning among the students," stated the report which was released on Tuesday . It noted that the audit was conducted at the Education Ministry level and three state Education Departments as well as on 42 boarding schools in Sabah, Kelantan and Johor.Apart from expired food, the report also found that among others, ingredients and the menu were changed without the written approval from the school principal 24 hours in advance, inadequate raw food supplies, and the storage for surplus fish that were not fresh.

 

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