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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11582

29 June 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
Council pledges to do more against food waste

Luxembourg, 28/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU agriculture ministers adopted conclusions in Luxembourg on Tuesday 28 June in which they pledge to improve data gathering and awareness raising on food losses and waste.

The Council expressed its concern at the substantial quantities of foodstuffs produced but not consumed: the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that, between the farm gate and the plate, almost one third (1.3 billion tonnes per year) of all foodstuffs...

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
NEWS BRIEFS