Unused food donation due to school lunches and event cancellations
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to donate businesses that no longer use food to organizations that provide food to welfare facilities free of charge, as there is a concern that food waste will increase due to cancellation of school lunches and events. We have begun to introduce.
With the spread of the new coronavirus, there is a concern that school lunches will be canceled due to temporary school closures, events will be canceled, and food waste will increase.
For this reason, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has begun to introduce businesses that want to donate food that is no longer used to organizations that operate so-called “food banks” that provide food to welfare facilities free of charge.
Specifically, businesses such as restaurants and hotels provide information on the type and quantity of food to be donated and the expiration date, etc., and are distributed daily by e-mail to about 130 organizations that operate food bank businesses nationwide. To do.
Food bank organizations want to contact business operators to get the food they want and communicate directly with them on how to receive it.
Contact information, etc., is available on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has called for many businesses and organizations to reduce food waste.