On Tuesday 21 March, the European Parliament’s agriculture committee adopted the opinion by James Nicholson (ECR, UK) on ways to reduce food waste (see EUROPE 11749). The lead on this issue is the environment, public health and food safety committee and it is that committee which will draft an own-initiative report.
The agriculture committee says that one of first steps should be improving communication between suppliers and distributors to match food supply and demand. Farmers should be...