EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub

May 2023

EU Food Safety

Dear readers,

Welcome to the May edition of the Hub’s newsletter!

Register for the European Consumer Food Waste Forum final event on-line or join in person at the European Parliament in Brussels, where the project results will be presented on 29 June!

Check out the highlighted news and resources and discover others on the Hub! Get inspired from reports, guidelines, educational materials, websites and many more.

Happy reading!

Save the date!

European Consumer Food Waste Forum: final event

Register now to follow the event on-line or join in person at the European Parliament in Brussels on 29 June 2023! There are limited places available on site.

News

Survey: European consumers' attitudes toward upcycled foods

This survey is conducted by the University of Copenhagen as part of the FOODRUS project. The main objective of this research is to learn more about how European consumers feel about upcycled foods and what prevents them from being consumed. Participate by filling out the questionnaire!

COOP Italy food donation campaign "Buon fine"

Since 2003, COOP Italy has launched a program to support donation of unsold food products. In 2022, COOP Italy provided over 5000 tons of food to 842 associations and charities.

Resources (highlights)

A new paper was published on household food waste in Italy

The paper - published by CREA Food and Nutrition, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition - covers characterization of household food waste in Italy, difference from 2018 to 2021, evaluation of seasonality effects, and evaluation of the gap between intentions and actions.

Events you may have missed

The Role of Food Manufacturers and Retailers in the Processing of Former Foodstuffs

The webinar took place on 6 June 2023 and focused on how food producers and retailers such as supermarkets can contribute to circular green economy by passing their unsold food to former food processors.

Food Waste: we all need to take action to reduce it. How can smart technologies help?

The event took place on May 11 2023 and covered the role that smart technologies can play in providing more information about food to help consumers and retailers reduce food waste while ensuring food safety.

SysOrg project's second international multi-stakeholder Workshop in Copenhagen

The workshop on 23 May 2023 was an exchange space for project partners and stakeholders showing results and discussing how they can be translated into practice with a focus on food waste policies and data. The project aims to investigate how ways to increase sustainable consumption and food production can be successfully designed.

This is the monthly newsletter of the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub, incorporating information on the latest activities of its members. The newsletter is created and disseminated by the Platform’s Secretariat, within the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.

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