date:Jul 26, 2019
ood waste; assessing the core categories of vegetables, fruit, cereal crops, dairy and livestock.
The scope of the review covers the moment when a food crop is ready to harvest, or an animal to be slaughtered, and assesses surplus and waste arising from processes such as grading, packing and washing as well as customer rejections.
It estimates that total UK food surplus and waste in primary production stands at 3.6 million tonnes per annum, or 7.2% of production. The market value of this food