date:Aug 11, 2014
French MPs have drawn up a draft bill to make it compulsory for supermarkets to give leftover food to charity.
The draft bill stated that supermarkets, greater than 1000 square metres, donate the unsold but still consumable food products to at least one food charity.
Across the country's political parties, 63 MPS want to see the practice become law.
Supermarkets across France already give large quantities of unsold food to food charities.
In spite of the national policy against food wastage