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New EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub launched on the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, 29 September 2021
Today, the Commission is launching the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub website in order to mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW).
The Hub is a "one-stop-shop" for stakeholders who take action to fight food losses and food waste. This new digital platform aims to foster the exchange of knowledge and experience and to help disseminate the different initiatives carried out to tackle food losses and food waste, in order to inspire and drive further action on-the- ground, across the EU and beyond.
The website allows stakeholders to share good practices (Resources page), to find relevant information on national actions, such as policies and legislative developments (Member States pages), and to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field (News page). Any stakeholder active in the area of food loss and waste prevention in Europe can become a member and share resources and news. Information on national actions against food loss and waste are regularly updated by Member State experts from the relevant public authorities.
The Commission invites all stakeholders to join the Hub’s growing community of experts and practitioners, working towards the Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 Target to halve per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030, and reduce food losses along the food production and supply chains!
Background information
The United Nations General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW). The goal is to raise awareness to the importance of the problem and its possible solutions at all levels, and to promote global efforts and collective action towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3.
The European Commission welcomes this initiative, co-convened by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to mobilise all key players and citizens worldwide in a global call to action against food loss and waste. Reducing food loss and waste is an integral part of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system, which proposes to set legally binding targets to reduce food waste across the EU by 2023 and to revise EU rules on date marking (‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates) to prevent food waste linked to misunderstanding and/or misuse of these dates.
As part of the strategy, Commission will also further integrate food loss and waste prevention in other EU policies, investigate and explore ways of preventing food losses at the production stage, and continue to mobilise all players, notably by encouraging implementation of the recommendations for action of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste.
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