Submitted on Tuesday 27th October 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
To ensure all supermarkets donate unsold food to food banks/ charities
To introduce a similar law to one in France which has been the first country in the world to make it a legal requirement for supermarkets to donate all unsold food to food banks and charities.
According to the Trussell Trust 1.9 million people were given an emergency 3-day food parcel in the last year 2019-2020, this is a 18% increase than the previous year. This is simple because people can not afford food.
https://www.trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/latest-stats/end-year-stats/
Although using food banks is not sustainable for the long term, it would make a huge difference if supermarkets could donate food and put back into the food system. And help those in need.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319348
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