How Can India Plug the Food Wastage Hole at the Consumer and Retail Level?
While India ranked 94th of the 107 countries on the global hunger index in 2020, a whopping US $ 14 billion worth of food products are wasted annually in India.
Representative image of a fast food meal. Photo: Reuters
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Note: This is the third article in the three-part series on losses in India’s food supply chain. The other parts can be read here and here.Â
While 2020 experienced the worst impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, its adverse effects on the poor and vulnerable population will linger on for several years. In the immediate aftermath of the lockdown, the Centre expanded the food security net as an interim measure.
A Scottish potato business has cut almost 27 tonnes of plastic from its packaging in a year. Scotty Brand said it introduced a raft of plastic-saving measures across its range to help protect the environment in September 2019 which included thinner, recyclable plastic on its 2kg potato bags, Baby Potato bags and Chippy Chip packs and removing trays inside its Baking Potato packs. In total, these steps have seen Scotty Brand save 26,890kg of plastic. The plastic savings are part of a wider initiative to protect the environment with parent company Albert Bartlett also introducing reduced thickness, recyclable bags in a move which has seen a saving of 92 tonnes of plastic across the business.
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What changes are you ready to make to reduce your impact on the planet? While many shoppers have already switched to buying secondhand or making more sustainable fashion choices, maybe it s also time to start getting damaged or worn out items fixed.
It may be age-old, but this eco-friendly approach is coming back in a big way as people take conscious steps to limit overconsumption and textile waste.
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Wasted meat
The FSA hopes the updated guidance will prevent perfectly good fresh meat from being thrown away by consumers. The Waste and Resources Action Programme estimated more than 200,000 tonnes of meat is wasted every year, often in unopened packs.
In August, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) announced it was working with the FSA to review of guidelines for red meat use by dates from the current ten-day maximum to 21 days or more.
Commenting on the updated shelf life rules, BMPA technical operations director David Linders said:
“I welcome this decision, which represents modern evidence-based regulation, and has been reached thanks to excellent joined-up working between industry and regulator.