{"id":9282,"date":"2021-03-23T00:10:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T00:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=9282"},"modified":"2021-03-23T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:16:10","slug":"where-is-food-lost","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/where-is-food-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is food lost?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9282\" class=\"elementor elementor-9282\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d273427 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d273427\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e25ce1a\" 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data-id=\"2096c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Food waste\/loss<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8403f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"8403f65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-food-loss-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9298 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-loss-and-food-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food loss and food waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9302 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-food-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is food waste?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9299 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/where-is-food-lost\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Where is food lost?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9300 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/reducing-food-loss-and-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Reducing food loss and waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9301 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-waste-at-home\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food waste at home<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9303 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-labeling\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food labeling<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9304 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/waste-of-resources\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Waste of resources<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9305 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/food-waste-facts\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Food waste facts<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eaac91 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2eaac91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-505c7bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"505c7bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd551f6\" data-id=\"cd551f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5790439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5790439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where is food lost and wasted?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed003e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ed003e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Between the time food leaves the farms and reaches our homes, food goes through several processes that make up a long chain called the <b>Food Supply Chain (FSC).<\/b><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_9474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9474\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9474\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/food-losses-in-the-food-supply-chain.jpg\" alt=\"Where in the food supply chain is food wasted the most? \" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/food-losses-in-the-food-supply-chain.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/food-losses-in-the-food-supply-chain-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where in the food supply chain is food wasted the most?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Let us see each stage of the FSC and the kind of waste that occurs there:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><b style=\"font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: inherit;\">Agricultural Production:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Waste and losses here result from mechanical damage, where farming equipment accidentally damages the fruits and vegetables. It also includes spills and attacks by insects and other diseases. Losses on animals resulting from diseases and deaths during breeding also fall here. Fish discards are also a factor.<\/p><h4><b>Harvest, post-harvest handling, storage:<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">There are losses here too, resulting from the handling of the fruits (foods) during harvesting, storage, and transporting of the produce from farms to the processing centers. This is the same for animal farms, where there are losses to animals at the slaughterhouses, as well as meat and fish going bad at storage centers.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><i>In India for example, about 21 million tonnes of wheat annually perish due to inadequate storage and distribution, equivalent to the entire production of Australia. (1)<\/i><\/p><h4><b>Processing:<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">Food products that are processed into juices, can foods and pastries also get wasted at the processing centers. During peeling, slicing, boiling, and sorting, lots of food are trimmed away by the processing equipment. This is similar to dairy production, where milk is lost during pasteurizing. Some losses also occur during fish canning, smoking, and salting.<\/p><h4><b>Distribution:<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">At the market centers, lots of fresh food rot and get thrown away. In wholesale and retail shops, foods reach their expiry dates and get thrown away. Processed foods such as juices, milk, oil, and soups spill each day in many markets and grocery centers.<\/p><h4><b>Consumption:<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">These include all losses from food services, homes, schools, hospitals. Lots of pastries, milk, juices, and food are thrown away because they were unsold or were not eaten.\u00a0<i>Of the quantity that does reach the supermarket shelves, 30\u201350% is thrown away by the final purchaser in the home.(2)<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a6756c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a6756c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Sources<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4cbe50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4cbe50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"credits\">1,2 GLOBAL FOOD WASTE 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