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Welcome to RPC Bites. Our aim in the next 2 minutes is to
provide you with a flavour of some key legal, regulatory and
commercial developments in the Food & Drink sector over the
last fortnight. with the occasional bit of industry gossip thrown
in for good measure. Enjoy!!
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By Lyndsey Cambridge2021-04-08T09:25:00+01:00
Around £30m worth of food is set to be wasted ahead of the reopening of the hospitality sector
Wholesalers estimate the cost of food waste will set the sector back a “devastating” £30m this quarter as thousands of tonnes of food is sent to landfill.
The figure is three times higher than the Federation of Wholesale Distributors estimated for wasted goods in August 2020, when short-dated stock was being more widely accepted by hospitatlity outlets due to interventions by Defra and Wrap, which included guidance on how to safely store, relabel and distribute stock.
However FWD has told The Grocer wholesale customers are increasingly refusing to accept short-dated goods in the run-up to the partial reopening of the hospitaltiy sector, despite guidence outlining the goods are safe for consumption.
By Lyndsey Cambridge2021-04-07T10:24:00+01:00
Source: Defra
The Efra committee made recommendations including singling out the need to protect the vulnerable and those susceptible to food poverty in the event of another national lockdown
MPs have once again urged the government to appoint a minister for food security and consult on a national ‘right to food’.
The calls come in the latest report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, a follow-up on its inquiry on Covid-19 and food supply in July 2020.
The idea was first mooted by FDF CEO Ian Wright during an evidence session ahead ofthe first Efra report.