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What is food waste?

Food waste is food that is discarded or lost uneaten. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous, and occur at the stages of production, processing, retailing and consumption.

Generally, food loss or food waste is food that is discarded or uneaten. However, precise definitions are contentious, often defined on a situational basis Professional bodies, including international organizations, state governments and secretariats may use their own definitions.


Definitions of food waste vary, among other things, in what food waste consists of, how it is produced, and where or what it is discarded from or generated by. Definitions also vary because certain groups do not consider food waste to be a waste material, due to its applications. Some definitions of what food waste consists of are based on other waste definitions and which materials do not meet their definitions



Food waste. (2017, June 21). Retrieved June 29, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_waste#United_Nations

Food Loss and Food Waste. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2017, from http://www.fao.org/food-loss-and-food-waste/en/