Food waste
is part of food loss and refers to discarding or alternative (non-food)
use of
safe and nutritious food
for human consumption all along food supply chains (FAO, 2014).
You
are completely right, the product
was used as pet food but why wasn't your next sentence, until they found the
safe way to
use it
for human consumption?
The report furthermore provides lessons learned from the case studies
for sustainable development of CRFS and offers a large number of strategies and tools that can
be applied by city regions around the world, including the promotion of (peri) urban agriculture, preservation of agricultural land areas and watersheds through land
use planning and zoning, development of food distribution and social protection programmes
for vulnerable groups, support
for short supply chains and local procurement of food, and promotion of food waste prevention, reduction and management, as well as the recovery and redistribution of
safe and nutritious food
for human consumption.