Activities of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT related to 2011/2175(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Avoiding food wastage (short presentation)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that food waste represents both an environmental and ethical problem and an economic cost and, which poses an internal market challenges for both business and consumers;
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection on a more efficient and fairer retail market (A7-0217/2011),
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to clarify foodMember States to clarify the meaning of the date labellings (‘Best before’, ‘Expiry date’, ‘Use by’) in order to reduce consumers' uncertainty regarding food edibility, and to disseminate accurate information to the public, notably the understanding that minimum durability date "best before" is related to quality whilst "use by" is related to safety;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the recently adopted Regulation on Food Information to Consumers clarifies that foods with a "use by" date should be considered unsafe after the expiry of the date;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EncouragesCalls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to encourage information and education initiatives on food waste prevention that reinforce signals about the value of food and consumers' own judgment on edibility – visual, olfactory and taste –, starting with teaching schoolchildrenof looking, smelling and tasting to judge edibility, starting with teaching schoolchildren; encourages also concrete food waste prevention measures in school canteens, in canteens of public administrations and of public and private undertakings;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the stakeholders to continue to take shared responsibility; encourages them to enhance coordination along the food supply chain and toto further improve their logistics, stock management and packaging; believes that discount offers sasks also the stakehoulders to a greater extent target excess stock and food near expiryrecognise and explain the nutritional value of agricultural products with imperfect sizes/shapes in order to reduce the discarded products;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. having regard to the need to ensure the use of appropriate materials for food packing and preservation, which are not prejudicial to health or to the products' durability,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that to some extent the food loss and waste are unavoidable phenomena which, once they have occurred, have to be taken care of with the best means available to us and which require not only investments not only in technology but also changes in our behaviour, with the aim of avoiding the least desirable options, i.e. landfill and incineration;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the fact that a considerable amount of food, despite being perfectly edible, is being discarded on a daily basis with disturbing consequences from the food, environmental, social and economiceconomic and ethical points of view; therefore invites the Commission to analyse the causes and effects of the disposal, wastage and landfilling annually in Europe of approximately 50% of the food produced, to include a detailed analysis of the waste as well asmake an assessment of the economic, environmental, and nutritional and social impactsimpacts of foodwaste; furthermore invites the Commission to tmake practical measures towards halving food waste by 2025 and at the same time preventing the generation of bio-waste;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges retailers to use their daily contact with consumers to communicate ways of storing and using food more efficiently, e.g. with and to encourage consumers to plan their food shopping (e.g. practical tips and awareness-raising campaigns); believes that discount offers should further target excess stock and food close to expiry date, such as offering 50% discount 24 hours before the expiry date;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with Member States to issue recommendations regarding temperatures for refrigerators in retail outlets, households and public service, based on evidence that high temperature causes unnecessary wasteion based on evidence that high temperature causes unnecessary waste; underlines that harmonised levels of temperature would improve product conservation and reduce food waste for products transported and sold cross- border;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it vital to reduce food waste along the entire food chain, from the field to the fork; stresses the need to adopt a coordinated strategy followed by practical action at European level in order to improve the efficiency of the food supply chain and to improve coordination between Member States to avoid food waste;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to publish a user- friendly manual on the use of discarded and expired products for foodfood close to expiry dates while ensuring food safety in donation and animal feed, building on best practices in the food supply chain;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that there is no harmonised definition of food waste in Europe; therefore invites the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal defining the typology of ‘food waste’ and asks that bio- waste be incorporated into the existing rules on waste;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to share and make availablexchange best practices, combining knowledge from relevant forums and platforms e.g. throughsuch as the EU Retail Forum on Sustainability, the EU Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Roundtable, the High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain, the Informal Member States Network "Friends of Sustainable Food", the Consumer Goods Forum, etc.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote awareness-raising campaigns to inform the public about the causes and effects of food waste and ways of reducing it, fostering a scientific and civic culture guided by the principles of sustainability and solidarity; calls for the introduction of food education courses, particularly in secondaryin schools and colleges, so as to encourage better behaviour; stresses the important role played by local authorities and municipal enterprises in providing information and support to citizens on preventing and reducing food waste;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Emphasises that individual consumers can also take responsibility in developing better ways of using leftovers at home;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the initiatives already taken in various Member States aimed at recovering, locally, unsold agricultural products and foodstuffsnd discarded products throughout the food supply chain in order to redistribute them to groups of citizens who lack purchasing power; points out in this regard the valuable contribution made, on the one hand, by volunteers in sorting and distributing such products and, on the other, by professional companies that are developing anti-waste systems and measures;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Commission to assess and encourage measures to reduce food waste upstream, such as dual-date labelling (‘sell by’ and ‘use by’) and discounted sales of out-of-food near expiry date or with damaged goodspackaging, as well as to reduce packaging so as to achieve eco- friendly products by means of industrial eco-design;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Member States to support sustainable and efficient local production and marketing of products, thus avoiding long and sometimes complicated logistics and reducing carbon footprintsdistribution, thus contributing to reducing food waste;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to encourage and back initiatives geared at stimulating sustainable small- and medium-scale production that is linked to local and regional markets and consumption; acknowledges that local markets are environmentally sustainable and contribute to stability in the primary sector; asks that the common agricultural policy should in future earmark the necessary funding to promote direct sales, local markets and all efforts to promote low or zero food miles;