Food Waste Management Around the World

Abstract

Around world´s food is wasted at various steps of the supply chain. In India, the largest and increasing share is wasted at the consumer level. The issue has gained considerable public attention in the past years, with a large number of initiatives developed by different stakeholders such as policy makers, retailers (e.g., France, Intermarché, 2014) and NGOs, and research projects that have and are exploring the issue. Furthermore, the European Parliament has called for 2014 to be the ‘year against food waste’. It is known that consumers avoid deformed food and foods close to the best before date in the choice situation, while consumer food safety concerns, storage facilities, family practices around meals and leftovers and planning capabilities influence the quantity of food waste created in the household.Keywords: Food waste, generation, management, solution, environment, future

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Vivek Yashpal Yadav, Kuldeep Ramashray Yadav. Food Waste Management around the World. Research & Reviews: Journal of Dairy Science and Technology. 2019; 8(1): 22–29p.