Dramhaíl Bia: 6ú cruinniú d’Ardán an AE chun díriú ar an gcás gnó maidir le cosc ​​#FoodWaste

Today (6 May), Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Vice President Jyrki Katainen, currently in charge of Health and Food Safety, will open the 6th Ardán an AE maidir le Caillteanais Bia agus Dramhaíl Bhia, which will take stock of recent progress made in EU actions to fight food waste as one of the priority areas of the Circular Economy Plean Gníomhaíochta de na Coimisiún.

Ahead of the meeting, Vice President Katainen said: "The actions launched in recent years have put the EU at the forefront of global action aiming to halve food waste by 2030. However, this target cannot be reached without making food waste reduction and prevention part and parcel of business operations and of our daily lives. Together, we need to redesign a food system that minimizes losses, promotes circularity and maximizes value.

Europe needs a comprehensive, innovative and integrated approach to move towards more sustainable food systems and each actor has an important role to play. I look forward to hearing innovative proposals in the context of this sixth Platform meeting.”

Launched in 2016, the Platform brings together both public and private interests in order to foster cooperation among all key players in the food value chain and help accelerate the EU's progress towards the global Sprioc Forbairt Inbhuanaithe of halving food waste by 2030.

On 6 May, members will discuss the importance of assessing the effectiveness of food waste prevention actions in order to accelerate transfer of learning, adoption and uptake of food waste prevention solutions. With support of the Platform, the Commission has adopted EU guidelines to facilitate food donation and the feed use of food no longer intended for human consumption, developed food waste measurement methodology and is undertaking work to improve date marking practices.

Déanfar an cruinniú a shruthú ar an ngréasán anseo.

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