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    Do GooD:SAVE food! 5.

    Check your fridge


    To make sure that food is properly stored and kept fresher for
    longer in your fridge, set it to the right temperature (between
    1 and 5 °C), store products in the right places in the fridge, and
    What is every year around the globe follow the instructions on the packaging or the fridge manual.
    food waste? 1.3 BILLION TONNES OF Don’t pack the fridge too full: you will use less energy and you’ll
    1. Ask for
    FOOD
    “Food waste” refers to all the be less likely to forget to use the food you bought.
    food wasted even though it
    would have been good to eat: smaller portions
    if something goes off in your Make sure you start your meals with a
    fridge because you haven’t is small portion on your plate. You can always 6. Practice FIFO: First in, First out!
    eaten it in time, for example,
    or you have put too much on
    lost or wasted go back for more if you’re still hungry. When you put your shopping away, rotate the food in your fridge
    and cupboard so that the older food comes forward and the most
    that is

    1/3
    your plate and throw away recent shopping – which will keep the longest – goes to the back.
    your leftovers instead of But keep an eye on the use-by and best-before dates – some of
    eating them later... OF ALL FOOD
    PRODUCED FOR the new food you have bought may need to be eaten quickly.
    this is food waste. HUMAN CONSUMPTION 2. Love your leftovers
    IInstead of scraping leftovers into the bin, use them as
    ingredients for tomorrow’s meal, or simply reheat them
    We need to stop as the same meal again. Remember, if you want to use 7. understand dates on your food
    wasting food because: leftovers, it’s very important to store them in the fridge After the “use-by” date has passed, food is not safe to eat
    DD Wasting food means wasting money, labour and or freezer within two hours of preparing your meal. anymore. “Best-before” dates, on the other hand, only show when
    resources such as energy, land and water that go the food is at its best quality in terms of smell, texture, and taste.
    into producing the food. If well stored, most of non-perishable food is still edible after the
    DD Wasting food increases greenhouse-gas emissions “best-before” date!
    and contributes to climate change.
    3. Shop smart
    We often buy more food than we can eat
    before it goes off. To avoid over-shopping, 8. Turn waste into compost
    try to plan ahead, make a shopping list, and If you do end up wasting some of your food, recover it by turning it into
    don’t go shopping on an empty stomach! garden food: instead of throwing it in your regular bin and contributing to the
    greenhouse-gas emissions connected to the transport and disposal of waste,
    why not set up a compost bin for food waste and fruit and vegetable peelings?

    4. Buy “ugly” fruits


    and vegetables 9. Sharing is caring: Give to help
    Many shops and farmers’ markets offer Give your surplus to help those who need it. When hygiene and
    irregularly shaped fruit and vegetables, which sanitary conditions and traceability requirements are ensured,
    are just as good to eat as regularly shaped and it’s easy to give your surplus food to those in need. Learn about
    coloured ones. Buy “ugly” fruits and vegetables existing initiatives in your cafeterias, your stores and your city to
    to show that you do not want any food wasted! give a boost to food aid associations and reduce waste.

    C0084e/2/04.17
    SAVE FOOD
    Global Initiative on Food Loss
    and Waste Reduction © FAO, 2016

    Together, we can fight food waste. So, Do Good: Save Food!


    Food and Agriculture Organization
    of the United Nations (FAO) www.fao.org/save-food
    Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
    00153 Rome, Italy [email protected]

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