After three months of waiting for dry food rations following Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin, some households in east Epi in Vanuatu found their rice and biscuits were inedible.
Food rations were recently distributed to affected communities.
One local told the Daily Post the rice grains had turned brown and had a bad odour.
He said he would be feeding the rice to his chickens.
The Area Administrator for the local council, Philip Dick, told the Post a number of other communities on the island have reported spoiled rice and they will be providing replacements.
He said the dry rations were affected during shipment and during offloading.
Source:
RNZ Pacific