Come on Canada, if France can do it why can’t we?
France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate their unsold edibles to charities and food banks.
Under a law passed unanimously by the French Senate, large supermarkets are no longer allowed to throw out good quality food approaching its best-before date. Large supermarkets are also banned from deliberately spoiling food in order to stop it being eaten by people foraging in the bins. Shockingly, it was discovered some supermarkets were going as far as pouring bleach on the food once it was in the garbage bins while another was locking up their unsold food waste in a storage container. The reason for these extreme lengths; the supermarkets were worried about food poisoning, A.K.A.– lawsuits.
According to the European Commission, one-third of all food produced worldwide for humans goes to waste. But what is the cause of all this waste? The confusion is mainly over dates on food labels and misplaced fears that food could be unsafe.
Thankfully, the result of this new law means charities will be able to give out millions of more free meals each year to people struggling to afford to eat.
