Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Angela Robinson:

It has a specific measuring methodology that it applies in respect of its statistical gathering in its research methodology. The CSO also measures food waste at household level, manufacturing level and, more recently, at the retail level, and has been successful in doing so. There was not much data on primary production in recent times. The Department is part of a task force to implement the food waste prevention roadmap. The commitments that are being made by retailers, primary producers and everybody along the food supply chain-----

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