5 Amendments of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to investigate what proportion of total food wastage already occurs during harvest; considers that, if this proportion is substantial, the Commission should propose approaches and measures to make it easier for farmers to avoid this;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is aware that in Europe, where the main food waste takes place at the retail and consumption levels, there is relatively little scope for regulation and legislation toample scope for improveing the situation and that the main benefit must come fromby means of an exchange of best practice, improved routines in the treatment of food and a change in behaviour on the part of companies and individuals; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to lend their support to campaigns aimed at those goals and review existing legislation in this field;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that excessiveinadequate knowledge of the substance of ‘quality requirements’(whether imposed by European or national legislation or by internal company rules) areis at the basis of many unnecessary discards, which increase the amount of food wasted; calls on the Commission and Member States to review the situation with regard to date labelling and to consider introducing a requirement to indicate the date of packaging;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines on which refrigerated and freezer cabinets should be used in the food trade and recommendations on temperature levels for the storage and transport of food; notes that the refrigerated and freezer cabinets used at present waste too much energy and that food is kept at the wrong temperatures, which is bad for the environment and also leads to the risk of foodstuffs being unfit for consumption before their expiry date;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to investigate the link between food waste and the quality of Member States’ waste management and to assess which measures can be taken in the field of waste management to reduce food waste;