Proposed Good Samaritan law could boost donations of unsold food in Singapore


Some of the unsold food collected by Cassie K, a food rescuer under ground-up group Divert for 2nd Life.- CASSIE K

SINGAPORE (The StraitsTimes/Asia News Network): Whenever she collects unsold food items from restaurants, she ensures that they are safe to share with the migrant workers and needy families in her neighbourhood.

Said the food rescuer who wanted to be known only as Cassie: "I tell them to eat the cooked food immediately while it's hot. If anything happens, I would feel terrible."

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