GPC to table motion to reduce food waste, strengthen food resilience through government and ground-up efforts

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~~SFA study set to find out whether food that has passed best before date can be donated~~SFA study set to find out whether food that has passed 'best before' date can be donated

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2 Sept, 10:43over 7 days9 Sept, 13:45

Wed, 2 September 2026
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- Channel News Asia10:43first to report
  GPC to table motion to reduce food waste, strengthen food resilience through government and ground-up efforts
  Rising daily food expenses may be top of mind, but upstream improvements need to be discussed so Singapore has a robust infrastructure to serve its food needs in the long run, said GPC chair Ms Poh Li San.
Wed, 9 September 2026
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- Channel News Asia13:31
  Singapore studying food donations past 'best by' date; MPs back motion on food resilience, waste reduction
  Each person in Singapore generates about 128kg of food waste annually, said MP Poh Li San, one of the motion’s proposers.
- asiaone.com13:45edited after publishing
  SFA study set to find out whether food that has passed 'best before' date can be donated
  previously~~SFA study set to find out whether food that has passed best before date can be donated~~
  The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is embarking on a study to assess the safety and feasibility of allowing food that has passed their "use by"/"best before" dates to be donated, while maintaining food safety standards. This was revealed by Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and the Environment Goh Hanyan during the debate on a motion calling on the Government to...