Food loss and waste reduction during processing (Zoom webinar)
Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 26/05/2021

Food loss and waste reduction during processing 

Processing and packaging can play a role in preserving foods, but losses can be caused by inadequate facilities or processing capacity, technical malfunctions or human error, lack of proper process management, excessive trimming to attain a certain aesthetic, and in addition to all these: insufficient economic incentive to prevent these losses. 

The main areas of opportunity to prevent and reduce food waste at this stage are improving processing practices, finding innovative packaging solutions, and promoting circularity by using by-products and left-over product material for human food. These solutions were explored during FAO’s second Impact Webinar.

Key speakers:
• Robert van Otterdijk, Agro-industry Officer, FAO
• Thea Koning, Senior Global Corporate Affairs and Issue Manager, Foods and Refreshment, Unilever 
• Vasiliy Fokin, Head of Sustainability, Russia & CIS, Danone, Russia
• Christine Maziero, International Market Operations Director, BRF/Banvit, Turkey 
• Marta Perricone, Foods and Refreshment Supply Chain Manager Sustainability, Unilever
• Selma Seddik, Co-founder and Owner, InStock 

Panel discussion on packaging solution to reduce food waste: 
• Angelika Christ, Industry Expert, former Secretary General of European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO)
• Ulphard Thoden van Velzen, Senior Scientist Packaging Technology and Recycling, Wageningen University and Research 
• Erik Mansson, CEO, Innoscentia 

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