Consultation outcome: Improved food waste reporting by
large food businesses in England
From: Department for
Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published 13 June 2022
Last updated 21 November 2023 — See all updates
Applies to England
This consultation has concluded
Download the full outcome
Summary of responses and
government response
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Detail of outcome
November 2023 update: we received 3,851 responses to the
consultation. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs will reconsider whether there should be mandatory
food waste reporting in the future. The government response to
this consultation has been withdrawn.
Original consultation Summary
Seeking views on options to improve food waste reporting by large
food businesses in England.
This consultation was held on another
website.
This consultation ran from
9:30am on 13 June 2022 to 11:45pm on 5
September 2022
Consultation description
We want to know what you think of our options for improving food
surplus and waste reporting by large food businesses in England.
We are seeking views on the following:
- options for improving food waste reporting
- types of businesses in scope
- material in scope to be reported
- the reporting process which businesses in scope will need to
follow for any regulation
- costs and impacts of any regulation
- enforcement of any regulations
