Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – in the House of Commons am 10:30 am ar 2 Gorffennaf 2009.
Dan Norris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Rural Affairs and Environment)
10:30,
2 Gorffennaf 2009
The Waste and Resources Action Programme has estimated that 370,000 tonnes of food that is past its "best before" date but still probably safe to eat is thrown away by householders each year. The "best before" date is an indicator of quality rather than of food safety. I have no comparable statistics for the commercial sector.
