Article 18 "Quantifying food loss during primary production and processing in France"

Quantifying food loss during primary production and processing in France

In this study, food loss is defined as discarded or lost food products, initially intended for human consumption, unless they were used for animal feed (excluding pet food). Four plant sectors (cereals, pulses, oil crops, and fruit/vegetables/potatoes) and six animal sectors (milk, beef, lamb, pork, poultry, eggs, and farmed fish) were analyzed. The results indicate that food loss does indeed occur at the upstream stages of supply chains. The role of the different supply chain stages varies between the food sectors.
            The results indicate that food loss does indeed occur at of supply the upstream stages chains. We therefore argue for a food sector-specific approach to data collection and to the identification of food loss determinants and solutions for reduction.