French and Italian Food Waste Legislation: An Example for other EU Member States to Follow?

French and Italian Food Waste Legislation: An Example for other EU Member States to Follow?

[...]the Council of the European Union "supports efforts of all actors to reduce food waste, which will contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal [...], which aims at halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reducing food losses along production and...

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Published in:European food and feed law review 2017, Vol.12 (3), p.224-233
Main Author: Vaqué, Luis González
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Bans
Composting
Consumers
Consumption
Councils
Donations
Food
Food quality
Food supply
Food waste
Legislation
Parliaments
Prevention
Provisions
Regulation
Resource efficiency
Supply chains
Waste materials
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Summary:[...]the Council of the European Union "supports efforts of all actors to reduce food waste, which will contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal [...], which aims at halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reducing food losses along production and supply chains including post-harvest losses by 2030"4. [...]an interesting and timely special report published at the end of last year by the European Court of Auditors (ECA)5 entitled "Combating Food Waste: an opportunity for the EU to improve the resource-efficiency of the food supply chain"6 (hereinafter the "ECA food waste report") confirms that high level political statements have not been translated into suitable measures. [...]the ECA specifically states in its first recommendation that "the EU efforts to combat food waste should be strengthened and better coordinated; in doing this the EU could take a greater role in the appropriate forums at a global level. 25 Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 5 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1 924/2006 and (EC) No 1 925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/1 3/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.1 1.201 1, p. 18). For the FAO, food loss is the decrease in quantity or quality of food reflected in...
ISSN:1862-2720
2190-8214