Aiming for zero food waste through data

The lure of lemang: Trader atikah Salleh, 78, making lemang for sale in Kijal, Terengganu. not only a favourite among Terengganu locals, the Kijal lemang’s appeal draws in fans from as far as Kuala Lumpur and Pahang. according to atikah, she could sell over 200 portions of the delicacy on weekends and in ramadan, and in the two or three days leading up to hari raya, she has been able to sell as many as 1,000 portions. — Bernama

KUANTAN: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry is collaborating with the ReMeal platform this year to collect data on the amount of food successfully saved from disposal at Ramadan bazaars.

Its deputy minister Dr Fuziah Salleh said the initiative was undertaken by her ministry as one of the valued-added efforts to minimise food waste.

“With the ReMeal application, we can know how much food was successfully saved and which Ramadan bazaar locations were involved.

“In addition, the platform also offers the food returned for purchase at a large discount,” she told Bernama after a field trip to the Rahmah Ramadan bazaar at the Eastern Zone level here on Friday.

Fuziah said this approach could be realised with the ReMeal platform as well as through sufficient help and support from volunteers nationwide.

“To date, the MySaveFood programme has successfully saved 36,292.2kg of food from being disposed of at Ramadan bazaars.

“Of that total, 12,691.16kg was saved by Student Consumer Movements at 68 public and private higher education institutions this year,” the deputy minister added.