Definitions of food waste
according to FAO
Food loss is the decrease in the quantity or quality of food resulting from decisions and actions by food suppliers in the chain, excluding retailers, food service providers and consumers
according to the FUSION project
Food waste is any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be recovered or disposed (including composted, crops ploughed in/not harvested, anaerobic digestion, bio-energy production, co-generation, incineration, disposal to sewer, landfill or discarded to sea);
according to the European Comission
Food waste does not include losses at stages of the food supply chain where certain products have not yet become food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, such as edible plants, which have not been harvested.
according to FAO
Food waste refers to the decrease in the quantity or quality of food resulting from decisions and actions by retailers, food service providers and consumers.
according to the European Comission
All food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (a.k.a. EU General Food Law) that has become waste.
according to the legislation of Romania
Food waste means the situation in which food leaves the circuit of human consumption due to degradation and is destroyed, according to the legislation in force.