The 1st meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste in its new mandate (2022-2026) will be held virtually. Members will discuss how the Platform and its sub-groups will operate in the next 5 years as well as the priority areas of work for the expert group. The meeting will kick-start with an opening video statement by EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides.

The Commission will give an update on the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy and discuss with members the role of food loss and waste prevention and contribution of the Platform to the establishment of sustainable food systems. Members will also be informed about progress made on EU-level actions to reduce food loss and waste.

The Platform will adopt its Rules of procedure and will exchange on the priority areas of work, tasks and objectives of the 5 sub-groups proposed for the new Platform: Food donation, Food loss and waste monitoring, Consumer food waste prevention, Date marking and food waste prevention, and Action & Implementation.

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Thursday 17 February 2022, 09:30 - 16:30 (CET)
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Programme

17 Feb 2022, 09:30 - 16:30 (CET)
- 09:00 – 09:30 (Europe/Brussels)
  Technical start (participants connect to the meeting through Interactio; technical assistance is provided as needed)
- 09:30 - 09:40
  Introduction by the Chair
- 09:40 - 09:45 Opening statement (video) by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides - Health and Food Safety
- 09:45 - 10:30
  Reducing food loss and waste, establishing sustainable food systems: update on implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy by Claire Bury, Deputy-Director General DG SANTE. Exchange of views with members on the role of food loss and waste prevention and the Platform
- 10:30 - 11:30EU actions to reduce food loss and waste - update by the Commission and exchange with members.
- 11:30 - 11:45Coffee break
- 11:45 - 13:00Platform operations: Rules of procedure and sub-group mandates - Food loss and waste monitoring (part I) – presentation by the Commission, discussion with members
- 13:00 - 14:30Lunch break
- 14:30 - 16:15Platform operations: Sub-group mandates - Food donation, Date marking, Consumer food waste prevention and Action & Implementation (part II) – presentation by the Commission, discussion with members
- 16:15 - 16:30Conclusions and wrap-up by the Chair