The FAO has released a report Food Safety in a Circular Economy, that provides an analysis of current and emerging evidence on food safety risks in circular food production systems. The report examines in depth four major dimensions of concern – water scarcity, food loss and waste, food packaging waste, and land use efficiency.
Circular economies are critical to achieving the transformation needed for our agrifood systems to guarantee adequate food for all produced within the planetary boundaries. At the same time, this transformation requires adapting food safety policies and principles to ensure that food remains safe.
Addressing potential food safety concerns in a circular economy – through regulation, consumer awareness and targeted research – will be key to transforming agrifood systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Researchers, farmers, product and food manufacturers, regulators and consumers all play a role in supporting the transformation to safe, circular agrifood systems.
Download the report ➡️ -https://lnkd.in/gWW_DRa5
Download open access article in Nature ➡️ -https://lnkd.in/gERaThqf
