Food saving moves commended

Voluntary initiatives to avoid food waste by organisations such as BiaFood and FoodCloud have been commended by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

He said he recently visited the BiaFoodInitiative regional hub in Little Island, Cork, the first of three planned hubs, to accept and redistribute large volumes of surplus food to an industry standard, using the latest software technology to track and trace all product movements from the point of entry to the end user, via a strong voluntary organisation model.

He said, “BiaFoodInitiative have met Tesco, who are providing equipment and some other support.