CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
The impetus behind the inquiry
Evolving European policy
The food waste debate context
What the inquiry covers
Our aim
Chapter 2: Defining, monitoring, and setting
targets for food waste
Defining food waste
Figure 1: The language of food waste along
the supply chain
Box 1: FAO definition of food waste
Monitoring of food waste throughout the
supply chain
The current state of EU food waste statistics
Figure 2: EU-27 food waste arisings, percentage
(%) weight by sector
Data reporting
Box 2: Norwegian ForMat project
Funding data collection
Taking action
Targets
Chapter 3: Food waste from farm to fork
Figure 3: Interactions throughout the
supply chain
The role of the consumer in the home
Box 3: North London 'Love Food Hate Waste'
project
Retailers and consumers
Box 4: 'Best before', 'use by' and 'sell
by' dates
Retailers and producers
The hospitality and food service sector
Improving supply chain cooperation
Box 5: WRAP Product Sustainability Forum
Pathfinder project: resource efficiency in the potato supply chain
The Groceries Code Adjudicator
Box 6: UK Groceries Code Adjudicator
Chapter 4: EU regulation
The impact of EU regulation on food waste
Common Agricultural Policy
Ban on the discard of fish
Animal feed
Food hygiene regulations
Box 7: US Good Samaritan Food Donation
Act (1996)
Food Information for Consumers Regulation
Packaging and Waste Packaging Directive
Chapter 5: Respecting the 'waste hierarchy'
Figure 4: The 'waste hierarchy'
Figure 5: The 'food use hierarchy'
Box 8: Anaerobic digestion and in-vessel
composting
Chapter 6: Strategic EU role
Box 9: Horizon 2020
Chapter 7: Conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations
of interest
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for evidence
Appendix 4: List of abbreviations
Appendix 5: WRAP initiatives and programmes
Appendix 6: Summary of FUSIONS
Appendix 7: Summary of food waste data types
and sources
Appendix 8: List of food waste initiatives and
programmes across the EU
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/hleud and
available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence.
Witness names without a question reference refer to written evidence.
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