Activities of James NICHOLSON related to 2016/2223(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that increased research and information is needed on enabling access to secondary market opportunities and alternative uses for products which would otherwise be ploughed back into the soil or wasted, such as selling at lower grade for processed foods, selling at local markets or use in animal feed;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 1 (new)
(1) Notes the importance of access to plant protection products for farmers to ensure that crop quality is maintained and harvests are not lost due to adverse weather conditions, pests and diseases;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 2 (new)
(2) Notes the role and objectives of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste in relation to optimisation of use of former foodstuffs and by-products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production;
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 3 (new)
(3) Notes the UN Sustainable Development Goals target to reduce food waste by 2030;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – point 4 (new)
Paragraph 8 – point 4 (new)
(4) Highlights that the FUSIONS project noted that there are few measurements of food losses in primary production activities such as agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture or fisheries and this may prevent an accurate assessment of the overall scale of food waste in Europe.