C-360 – The Wasted Food Reduction and Recovery Act – creates a national strategy to reduce the amount of wasted food in the country.
National Strategy
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food will need to consult with representatives from Provincial and Indigenous governments, as well as relevant stakeholders, to create a strategy that includes:
- Raising public awareness of wasted food
- Providing the tools needed to reduce food waste at all stages of food production, including manufacturers, retailers, and consumers
- Reducing the environmental impact of wasted food
- Helping with the donation of food that’s still safe to food banks and other charities
- Developing educational resources on reducing food waste for schools to present to students
- Look into alternative labelling options for certain items so customers can better decide if they’re still safe to eat (such as alternatives to Best Before dates)
- Establishing national targets for wasted food reduction and food rescue
- Establishing reporting requirements for everyone involved in food production/sales on the environmental impact of food wasted, including emissions
- Encouraging the private sector to lead the way on food waste reduction, including by covering the cost of strategies to manage wasted food
- Providing incentives for all levels of government to share information on food donations and food recovery
- Supporting food recovery programs, particularly in Indigenous and rural communities
- Assessing the feasibility of creating a plan across all levels of government for composting food waste
- Studying the impact of wasted food on the environments it ends up in, including landfills and oceans
Reports to Parliament
The Minister will have two years to create this strategy, and its effectiveness will be reviewed every five years after that.
Progress
C-360 is currently outside of the Order of Precedence.