Food bank saves essential items from going to waste

Roslee (second from right), Tan (third from right), Lim (in green jacket) and Ramkarpal with villagers at the Sungai Gelugor MPKK hall. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

SINCE January, Mutiara Food Bank has rescued close to 95,000kg of vegetables and over 36,500kg of pastries, mostly bread, preventing these from going to landfills in Penang.

Mutiara Food Bank chief operating officer Noor Zamzuraida Nordin said other than vegetables and pastries, it also received canned goods that were close to their expiry date and essential items such as rice and cooking oil.