Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33530

Food: Waste

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on (a) access to healthy foods, (b) sustainability targets, (c) expenditure

Answer

Mary Creagh
The consultation stage Impact Assessment considered the potential impacts of mandatory food waste reporting on large food businesses. Furthermore, when businesses reduce their food waste, we expect to see progress towards sustainability targets and increa...

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