#icymi

"France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste"

"The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.

Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to charities and food banks, which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals. Just a 15% increase in donated food will mean 10 million more meals per year."

#waste #foodWaste

https://recycle.ab.ca/newsletterarticle/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste/

EDIT: much more recent than 2016 news about programs in the US (poor results so far)
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5112435/food-waste-bans-climate-change-study

dashboard for US state programs; most of the emphasis seems to be on avoiding methane production in landfills, rather than getting food to food banks and people (see link below)
https://www.climatepolicydashboard.org/policies/industry-materials-waste/food-waste-bans

252 state policies from 51 states; only two policies explicitly promoted the donation of healthy foods and beverages
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8958359/