In her opening speech, Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, in charge of Health and Food Safety, underlined the importance of establishing a sustainable food system in order to strengthen its resilience to crisis, reduce its overall climate and environmental impact, protect citizens’ health and ensure the livelihoods of economic operators.

During the meeting, Platform members exchanged views on the recently adopted Farm to Fork Strategy and food-waste related actions. Members also shared recent food waste prevention actions taken in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the agenda, recording and presentations of the event please follow the links below:

Related links:

• Agenda
• Recording
• Opening speech - Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
• Presentations:
  • Presentation - The Farm to Fork Strategy: For a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
  • Presentation - Updates on FAO’s work to address sustainable food systems
  • Presentation - COVID-19 and market measures - DG AGRI
  • Presentation - EU support to the most deprived: recent developments - DG EMPL
  • Presentation - Grown, not thrown – Copa Cogeca
  • Presentation - Transforming Surplus into Opportunity: How COVID-19 shone a light on the role of Food Banks for food security – FEBA and FoodCloud
  • Presentation - Food waste prevention in response to Covid-19 – WRAP
  • Presentation - Reducing food loss and waste: EU action plan – DG SANTE
  • Presentation - Food Waste Index: Update – UN Environment
  • Presentation - Implementation of EU Platform key recommendations for action; management of surpluses in fruit and vegetables’ producer organisations – Italy
  • Presentation - New consumer campaign food waste & date marking - The Netherlands