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22/04/2021
New guidance was launched by European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) to help food suppliers decide what information to give consumers about storing food and time limits for consumption.
Italy to set the stage for 2021 UN Food Systems Summit
14/04/2021

The United Nations and the Government of Italy announced today that the Pre-Summit gathering for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit will be in Rome, Italy in July 2021.

Under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, the Pre-Summit ev...

25/03/2021

Nairobi/Paris, 4 March 2021 – An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17% of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and other food services, according to new UN research conducted to support global efforts to halve food was...

23/03/2021

The One Planet network is holding consultations to collectively define a common agenda for action building on the findings of the joint task group of the International Resource Panel and the One Planet network Report: “Catalysing science-based policy action on sustainable consumption and p...

Indian and European students network engaged in DO GOOD: SAVE FOOD
23/02/2021

Eumind (Europe meets India) is a network of schools aimed at facilitating learning across the borders. It creates and supervises virtual exchange projects in which Indian and European students work together on real-life issues such as sustainability, human rights and arts & culture. Among other projects done by students on various subjects, inspired by the FAO DO GOOD SAVE FOOD education material, a new project was launched on 'Saving Food' following the DO GOOD SAVE FOOD tool kit.