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Gove steps-up government fight against food waste

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 14 May 2019 - Categories: Weekly stories
Environment Sectary Michael Gove delivering a key note speech at a landmark food waste symposium at the V&A museum

We look at continued positive coverage of our landmark food waste symposium yesterday (13 May), ‘Step up to the Plate’, where major food businesses including Tesco, Sainsbury’s Waitrose, and Nestle pledged to halve food waste by 2030.

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