Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide education and outreach programmes to consumers to reduce food waste and promote sustainable food choices.

Defra funds the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s citizen campaigns such as Food Waste Action Week (18-24 March 2024) and Love Food Hate Waste, which aim to raise public awareness of food waste and the ways in which we can all reduce it. We support retailers and food businesses with the development of best practice advice and guidance to make sure their products help consumers to waste less, for instance, through storage advice.

To support consumers who wish to make more sustainable food choices, Defra is developing a mandatory methodology for the voluntary labelling of food and drink products.