Belgium has an adequate system in place to reduce food losses and waste, according to a report by the EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) published on 20 August.
The objective of the audit was to collect information on the Belgian authorities' monitoring of the implementation of EU rules and practices concerning the redistribution of food of animal origin and the reduction of food waste.
The report concludes that all three regions of Belgium have set “concrete targets” to reduce food losses and food waste “by 30% by 2025”, the FVO experts point out. Many projects to achieve the set targets are currently ongoing or in the pipeline, they say.
In addition, many food banks and charities are involved in redistributing food to people in need.
However, “shortage of storing and cold store capacities and transport logistics is preventing them from absorbing the quantities of food that is potentially available for redistribution”, the experts note.
The administrations of the Flemish and Walloon regions have started with the measurements of food waste. The FVO considers that, on the basis of the information collected, there is, at least for certain commodities, some margin to increase the durability indication.
To read the report: http://bit.ly/2HnS4oV (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)