Did you know it's illegal for supermarkets in France to throw out edible food?

2015-10-03T19:26:07-04:00

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-makes-it-illegal-for-supermarkets-to-destroy-edible-food-in-effort-to-cut-waste-10268849.html

Update...it seems the French tried to get this passed, but it was a no go. Thanks to LTC Stephen Ford for the update.

WOW...I first saw this on MSNBC...but because I don't like this station, I did a search and found a dozen sights with the article. How is it possible there are so many different articles about it....well alrighty then...thanks for the update.

It's now illegal for French supermarkets to destroy edible food

France is making it illegal for large supermarkets to throw away edible food as part of a series of measures to cut down on waste.

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Oct 3 at 2015 7:32 PM

2015-10-03T19:32:35-04:00

http://www.foodwastemovie.com/

Just Eat It | A Food Waste Movie

Just Eat It - the documentary film

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 3 at 2015 7:40 PM

2015-10-03T19:40:48-04:00

No I did not, Sgt Kelli Mays. Throwing out edible food is certainly a waste in principle. However the process of determining when food is no longer "edible" is not simple.
I sent a message to my cousin who lives in France to ask him about it. Once I get a response I will update this post.

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Oct 3 at 2015 8:01 PM

2015-10-03T20:01:02-04:00

It should be given to soup kitchens and organizations that feed the poor. We should do the same thing in our nation

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 3 at 2015 9:01 PM

2015-10-03T21:01:30-04:00

Walmart does donate a large potion of food to local charities. I am sure a lot of others do the same thing. But you run into a lot of liability. The charity that does this has to accept a lot of responsibility to do this. In our times a lot of them don't want to do this and would rather just take money.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Oct 3 at 2015 9:19 PM

2015-10-03T21:19:59-04:00

Sgt Kelli Mays We have always been a wasteful country and even worse these days because of the liability.Some would like to do good but if anything goes wrong the responsibility falls back on them.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 3 at 2015 10:11 PM

2015-10-03T22:11:41-04:00

No company or person should throw out edible food. We have so many hungry people in our country, and giving it to them should be the only outcome.

Response by Cpl James Waycasie made Oct 3 at 2015 10:45 PM

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Food Lion and Walmart's in Dalton Georgia donate close dated food. ( 2 days before best buy date) to several places. I know of two homeless shelters and one free drug rehab they give food to. All chains should follow and do the same. I have worked in retail and groceries for years. A lot of items are good as high as 6 months after the expiration date. I wouldn't be afraid to eat canned foods a year or two out of date as long as there is not bulges, bad dents or rust. We live in a wasteful world. I was told we had to write off and throw everything away where I work.. I still box it up and take it to a Care Mission that feeds the poor and homeless. I told My DM I was doing it and if he didn't like it to fire me. I know several old people that live on limited incomes and I'll bag just out of date food up and drop it off to them after I get off work. One elderly couple told me they went two weeks without income and would have had very little to eat if I hadn't brought them several boxes of food that had just went out of date.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 3 at 2015 10:47 PM

2015-10-03T22:47:22-04:00

Sgt Kelli Mays I just got an update from my cousin in France about this discussion.
BLUF: The French government nixed the concept
"Steve, Segolene Royale, the environment minister recently tried to introduce a law against wasting food. This failed for constitutional reasons, but she is working with the food distribution groups to find a way of preventing this waste on a voluntary basis. It may sound strange to you, but here in Europe, it isn't! People first! Regards, ..."]
SSgt Alex Robinson, Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS, SrA Christopher Wright, CW5 Charlie Poulton, SSgt Terry P., CPT Private RallyPoint Member, Cpl James Waycasie, Sgt Richard Buckner

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 4 at 2015 1:27 AM

2015-10-04T01:27:49-04:00

They call that Second Harvest in the U.S.

http://www.2harvest.org/

Second Harvest Heartland | Working To End Local Hunger

Second Harvest Heartland, is a Minneapolis-St. Paul food bank. We partner with organizations and volunteers to feed hungry people. Join us to help end hunger.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 4 at 2015 1:45 PM

2015-10-04T13:45:08-04:00

donate it and deduct the "cost" from profit. lol one stone two birds.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Oct 5 at 2015 2:48 AM

2015-10-05T02:48:55-04:00

Sounds Brilliant to me. Even it is completely rotten, compost it. Talk about excellent soil. I always put rotten veggies in my Compost Pile in the Garden.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Oct 7 at 2015 2:53 AM

2015-10-07T02:53:29-04:00

It just makes no sense why edible food should be thrown out!