PROBLEM OF FOOD WASTE IN THE POLICIES OF THE EUROPEANUNION FOOD SECURITY

Abstract

The aim of the paper was to present initiatives which leads the European Union in the framework of food safety policy inthe area of preventing and reducing levels of food waste. These activities take place both at national, regional and local level inthe EU. Food waste occurs in each stage of growing raw materials and production to the consumption. The scale of food wasteis huge. Approximately 140 billion tons of food is wasted every year in Europe today. This article reviews the literature in thisarea and analysis of secondary sources from FAO and Eurostat.

Keywords

• food security
• food waste
• EU policies