title: Risk of food losses and potential of food recovery for social purposes.
abstract: All entities of the food supply chain should be responsible for counteracting food waste, therefore a need arises for joint initiatives in this area. To reduce food waste, businesses should be supported with a number of procedures for the efficient use of food for social purposes that shall be consistent with the law in force. Although they can bring about some losses, the following factors neither pose a threat to human health nor affect the donation of food for social purposes: wrong labelling of packages, food product wrong weight, close-to-end expiration date as well as mechanical damage to bulk packages. The purpose of this study is to identify such points at each of the four stages of the food supply chain (primary production, processing, distribution, sale) where food losses can be prevented by donating food to those who need it. A total of 15 Recovery Points were identified at the above mentioned four stages of the food supply chain. Food recovered there is safe to human health, so it can be donated for social purposes.
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Live Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Department of Food Gastronomy and Food Hygiene, 159C Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: beata_bilska@sggw.pl.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bilska
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Live Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Department of Food Gastronomy and Food Hygiene, 159C Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: wrzosekmalgorzata@wp.pl.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wrzosek
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Live Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Department of Food Gastronomy and Food Hygiene, 159C Nowoursynowska St., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: danuta_kolozyn_krajewska@sggw.pl.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kołożyn-Krajewska
authors.affiliation: Koszalin University of Technology, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Chair of Marketing and Service, Kwiatkowskiego 6e St., 75-343 Koszalin, Poland. Electronic address: janjasienczyk@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krajewski
mesh_terms: D005502:Food / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019649:Food Industry / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059027:Recycling; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*; D014866:Waste Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D014866:Waste Products
keywords: Causes for food losses; Consequences of food losses; Food losses; Recovery points; Social purposes