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Preferred term

food waste  

Definition

  • Food waste refers to food that completes the food supply chain up to a final product, of good quality and fit for consumption, but still doesn't get consumed because it is discarded, whether or not after it is left to spoil or expire. Source: FAOLEX

Entry terms

  • food loss and waste
  • food wastage

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