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food waste

Tipo

Topic

Definición

Food waste is a component of food loss and occurs when an edible item goes unconsumed, as in food discarded by retailers due to color or appearance and plate waste by consumers.
Fuente: Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System: Glossary, USDA Economic Research Service
Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

organic wastes

Conceptos relacionados

Sinónimos

discarded food
food discards
foodwaste
food wastes
unconsumed food
uneaten food
wasted food

Nota de alcance

Use for edible but unconsumed food found anywhere along the food chain; for food wastes from home or food service kitchens USE kitchen waste; for food wastes from food processing plants USE food processing wastes.

En otras lenguas

desechos alimentarios

español

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41000

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