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Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that food waste reporting requirements on businesses are (a) effective and (b) not overly burdensome.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
24 Sept 2024 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that food waste reporting requirements on businesses are (a) effective and (b) not overly burdensome.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The previous Government held a consultation wherein stakeholders were asked about their views on the scope of any reporting requirements. It can be found at Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Waste ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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