10 Amendments of George LYON related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas reducing food waste is a significant and indeed a preliminary step towards combating and reducing hunger and undernourishment in the world, confronting the increase in demand predicted by the FAO and improving people's nutritional levels,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas food waste occurs across the entire food supply chain from the agricultural production stage, to the storage, processing, distribution, management and consumption stages,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the players in the food supply chain are chiefly responsible for food security and addressing avoidable food waste where possible,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council, Commission and, Member States to encourage ways of improving the efficiency ofand players in the food supply chain andto addressing as a matter of urgency the problem of food waste along the entire supply chain; urges them to prioritise both of these aspect and to devise guidelines and support ways of improving the efficiency of the food supply chain sector by sector and urges them to prioritise this within the European policy agenda;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Invites the Commission to work towards harmonising EU food waste data requirements as there is no reliable evidence base to validate food waste figures across EU Member States and to use as the basis for designing effective food waste policy measures;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission, Member States and processors to develop guidelines to address avoidable food waste and to implement greater resource efficiency in their section of the food supply chain, to continuously work to improve processing, packaging and transporting so as to cut down on unnecessary food waste;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Urges the Commission, Member States and retailers to devise and implement voluntary agreements to pledge to take further resource efficiency measures and to address unnecessary food waste in their section of the food supply chain;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on retailers to engage with food redistribution programmes for citizens who lack purchasing power and to implement measures allowing for products nearing expiry to be discounted;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Commission to assess and encourage measures to reduce food waste upstream, such as addressing the problems caused by dual-date labelling (‘sell by’ and ‘use by’) and discounted sales of out-of- date or damaged goods, as well as to improve packaging to increase the longevity of the storage of goods and their freshness and to reduce packaging so as to achieve eco- friendly products by means of industrial eco-design;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers it essential that there is greater clarity and coherence in labelling in relation to food expiration, consistent storage and freezing guidelines for consumers, and for the Commission, Member States and food producers to ensure more effective measures are put in place to inform consumers of food edibility criteria;