WASTAGE OF FOOD

Food wasteorfood lossisfoodmaterial that is discarded or unable

to be used. Various political organizations and entities have their
own definition of what constitutes food waste. The causes of wasted
food are numerous, and occur at the stages of production,
processing, and retailing.

Reasons of Wastage of Food

Cooking or preparing too much - for
example cooking too much rice or pasta
and it gets left in the saucepan or on the
plate.

We don't know how to use up our leftovers.

In Restaurants and Marriages we order more food than

our requirement, that is wasted afterwards.

Causes of Wastage of food

Limits of the technology used to conserve products, namely

fresh products
Damage to the product and food packaging during
transportation and storage
Inadequate professional training of sales staff, who dont
always display the food appropriately on the shelves, and
dont perform proper stock rotation procedures

Control of weed and

harmful insects in
fields.

We should buy only

that much food
which can be
consumed or kept
safely.

Proper storage
of food, fruits
and
vegetables.

We should not
waste food in
functions

This is Pulitzer winning photo by Kevin Carter in

1994.This photo depicts a child crawling toward the
United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The
vulture is waiting for the child to die, so he could eat the
child. No one knows what happened to the child,
including the photographer who left the place as soon as
clicked the picture.

Dont forget
When we eat and waste the food like this

There are many who starve like this.

So Friends lets take

a pledge to