Nearly 50% of food is wasted annually in Canada: report [Video]

Nearly 50 per cent of food produced in Canada is wasted every year, according to a new report.

The report, produced by Second Harvest, a food rescue organization, shows that 46.5 per cent or 21.1 million tonnes of food produced in Canada is actually never used.

“We find ourselves in a paradox,” said Lori Nikkel, Second Harvest CEO.

“Food prices are skyrocketing, making it harder than ever for millions of Canadians to put healthy food on their tables. Yet at the same time, we’re still wasting vast quantities of perfectly good edible food.”

Avoidable food waste, food that can be eaten by people, makes up nearly 42 percent of that produced food.

“Every pound of avoidable food waste is a missed meal for a family,” said Nikkel.

Best-before dates are seeing consumers throw food out 23 per cent of the time, with the avoidable food waste equating to $58 billion.

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