Last week, companies in France signed the "Consumption Date Agreement", which binds to the adoption of 10 concrete measures, such as installing "anti-waste shelves", along with further clarifications regarding expiration dates.
Not to dispose of food products, and to offer some unsold products to consumers, as gifts, is the solution demanded by the French "Togod Togo" Association, through its application designed to fight food waste.
To highlight their cause, the association's founding partner, Lucy Bash and colleagues, tried to persuade 34 food industry stakeholders to better deal with food waste in the context of a large-scale campaign. Through the application, users will be able to access baskets of unsold products, at a price three times cheaper, to receive directly at the nearest store.
In France, 20% of food products are wasted each year, and the commitments made by companies linked to the "Consumption Date Agreement" require further communication on the products. On the part of the distributor, he must install "anti-waste shelves", where all the products that have spent their minimum consumption period are collected before they expire. Shelving products will be sold as part of the offers. In terms of manufacturers, it is intended that the relevant products will display the phrase: “After the date, note, and taste,” along with the expiration date.
Among the obligations, any deadline for consuming products that never expire, such as for foods such as hard cheese, vinegar, honey and salt, which is always suitable for consumption, must also be removed.
- Users will be able to access baskets of unsold products, at a price three times cheaper.