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The National Co-ordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (SFP), on Thursday expressed surprise about the poisoning of the warehouse of the programme at Kodie in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region. Alhaji Suleman Abdul Rahman said but for the vigilance of the staff of the SFP a number of pupils would have lost their lives by eating toxin meals. Alhaji Rahman, who made this known to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said the culprits broke into the warehouse but failed to steal any item. " The caterers and other staff of the programme suspected foul play and therefore inspected the food items and found that they have been laced with poisonous substance that smelled like DDT." The national co-ordinator said the incident was reported to the police who had taken over the investigations. "The programme takes a serious view about the incident and disassociates itself from the criminal intent. "The SFP had also launched its own investigations into the matter. Who ever is found culpable must face the full rigours of the law," he said. Alhaji Rahman said he had asked the Regional Co-ordinating Council to liaise with the Regional Security Council and the District Security Council to get to the bottom of the matter.