EU guidelines on food donation. País/Territorio Unión Europea Tipo de documento Miscelanea Fecha 2017 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original Official Journal of the European Union C361, 25 October 2017, pp. 1-29. Materia Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Productos agrícolas Negocios/industria/corporaciones Responsabilidad/indemnización Cumplimiento/aplicación Productos pesqueros Desperdicio de alimentos Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Seguridad alimentaria Procesamiento/manipulación Higiene/procedimientos sanitarios Carne Leche/productos lácteos Nutrición Toxicidad/envenenamiento Rastreabilidad/rastreo de productos Transporte/depósito Área geográphica Pays de l'Union Européenne Resumen The purpose of this guidance is to clarify relevant provisions in EU legislation and help to lift barriers to food redistribution within the current EU regulatory framework. More specifically, these guidelines will seek to facilitate compliance of providers and recipients of surplus food with relevant requirements laid down in the EU regulatory framework (e.g. food safety, food hygiene, traceability, liability, VAT, etc.); and to promote common interpretation by regulatory authorities in the EU Member States of EU rules applying to the redistribution of surplus food. The scope of the EU guidelines on food donation encompasses the recovery and redistribution of food by food business operators which are provided, by the holder, free of charge. These guidelines refers to the prevention of food loss and waste and accept and use FAO's definition on recovery of safe and nutritious food for human consumption which is to receive, with or without payment, food (processed, semi-processed or raw) which would otherwise be discarded or wasted from the agricultural, livestock and fisheries supply chains of the food system. Texto completo Inglés Página web eur-lex.europa.eu