4 Amendments of Heide RÜHLE related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that food waste represents anot only economic costs, but has also ethical, environmental, social, nutritional and health implications and poses an internal market challenge for both business and consumers;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to clarify food date labelling (‘Best before’, ‘Use by’) in order to reduce uncertainty regarding food edibility, and to assess and encourage measures such as dual-date labelling; urges the Commission to prioritise all aspects of food wastage within the European policy agenda; invites the Commission to take practical measures in order to half food waste by 2025;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Invites the Commission to consider possible amendments to the public procurement rules especially on catering services in order to better take into account the problem of food wastage;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on stakeholders to continue to take shared responsibility; encourages them to enhance coordination along the food supply chain and to improve logistics, stock management and packaging to tackle food wastage along the entire supply chain; believes that discount offers should to a greater extent target excess stock and food near expiry as well as damaged food; emphasises the need to reduce packaging and to offer more bulk goods;