Food Loss and Waste

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2024-01-11 — NO TIME TO Waste Act: The NO TIME TO Waste Act (introduced) would direct USDA to establish an Office of Food Loss and Waste and administer food recovery grants, formalizing coordination across USDA, FDA, and EPA without yet establishing an operating program. (novelty: 2)
2023-07-13 — FRIDGE Act of 2023: cross-connection with food-supply-chain-resiliency: The FRIDGE Act of 2023 links export supply-chain resilience with food-loss prevention by proposing USDA support for foreign cold-chain capacity and infrastructure assessments aimed at reducing spoilage of U.S. agricultural exports. (novelty: 2)
2025-04-10 — NO TIME TO Waste Act: NO TIME TO Waste Act (House, introduced) would designate USDA as federal lead on food loss and waste, create an Office of Food Loss and Waste, authorize grants to states/tribes/localities, develop model policies, and launch a national awareness campaign targeting a 50% reduction by 2030; status: referred to committee. (novelty: 2)