9 Amendments of Sandra KALNIETE related to 2011/2175(INI)
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 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 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 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 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.