Food waste in the supply chain

​The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has conducted a review on UK national food security and the impacts of climate change, and a dependency on imported fresh food. They report that the UK produces an estimated 10 million tonnes of food waste every year, and food production contributes up to 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions.

In the future, extreme changes in temperature and rainfall, could increase the spread of livestock disease, and draught impacting crop failures.

Pressure is now placed on the government to establish food waste reduction targets throughout the food supply chain.

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