Pakstaite, an industrial design and technology graduate from Brunel University, claims it will give a more accurate indication of freshness and save on wastage from consumers throwing out produce which may be good to eat despite being past the date on the packaging.
It reassures consumers and helps them reduce wastage.In rich and poor countries alike, ensuring that adequate packaging is available will go a long way to feeding the world.Julian Carroll European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment BrusselsSIR – You were wrong to claim that traditional and organic farming methods cannot feed the world.
In a report published on May 14th, the United Nations estimated that retailers and consumers in America throw away food worth $48 billion each year, and called upon governments everywhere to halve food wastage by 2025.With food prices soaring and consumers tightening their belts, supermarkets' margins are under pressure.
Regarding the matter of technical purpose the Committee noted that food additives could serve a valuable technical function in food: (1) to maintain the nutritional quality of food; (2) to enhance keeping quality or stability, with resulting reductions in food wastage; (3) to make food attractive to consumers; and (4) to provide essential aids to processing.
Rural transport, irrigation, communication and storage are all woefully inadequate in Asia and Africa, and properly developed, would allow farmers to reach markets where consumers can pay a premium for value-added foodstuffs while reducing wastage.
One Australian barista lamented the popularity of the beverage and said, "They interrupt workflow, create milk wastage and can be served at a dangerous temperature to a vulnerable consumer.
He added that there could also be pitfalls as consumers could order items that they were unable collect, which could lead to food wastage.
Similarly, food wastage is now higher than in the past with 34% of food now wasted at the consumer level [9].
In poorer countries most wastage occurs from farm to shop; around half of all agricultural produce is spoiled before it reaches consumers.
