Baton Rouge, LA – The U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Week in Review for April 10 includes the new food keeper app. Food
Waste Challenge calls on organizations and businesses across the food supply
chain to join the fight against food waste. The
video
is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrfTyy3MHTQ&feature=youtube_gdata.
The application is available for Android and Apple devices.
The “FoodKeeper”
application offers users valuable storage advice about more than 400 food and
beverage items, including various types of baby food, dairy products and eggs,
meat, poultry, produce, seafood, and more. Every year, billions of pounds of
food go to waste in the U.S. because consumers are not sure of its quality or
safety. USDA estimates that 21 percent of the available food in the U.S. goes
uneaten at the consumer level. USDA also estimates that at the retail and
consumer level, 36 pounds of food per person is wasted each month.
The application
is part of a larger effort between USDA and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency called the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Launched in 2013, the Food Waste
Challenge calls on participants across the food chain – farms, agricultural
processors, food manufacturers, grocery stores, restaurants, universities,
schools, and local governments – to join efforts to:
- Reduce
food waste by improving product development, storage, shopping/ordering,
marketing, labeling, and cooking methods;
- Recover
food waste by connecting potential food donors to hunger relief
organizations like food banks and pantries; and,
- Recycle
food waste to feed animals or to create compost, bioenergy, and natural
fertilizers.
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