Curbing food wastage

While about 795 million or one in every nine people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy life, one-third of all food is wasted. In the developing nations, food is wasted at the production stage while in developed nations it is wasted at the stage of consumption. The French have passed a law in 2016 to control food wastage at the super markets. According to the law, groceries and super markets are required to donate all food new expiry date to charities. Grocery stores are banned from throwing away edible food and can be fined $4500 each time. A large amount of food is wasted at the grocery stores which throw away food which is still good but past its sell by date. The sell by dates are often confusing and are largely responsible for the food wastage at the consumption stage, as they do not indicate the state of food quality. The new law is a way of preventing food wastage at this point and can be a guide for other nations also looking for ways to control food wastage as well as combatting hunger at the same time.