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Podcast: How Mzansi is now tackling food waste

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6th Nov 2021
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In South Africa, an estimated 13 million people go to bed hungry every night. With the South African Food Loss and Waste Voluntary Agreement, the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) hopes to reduce this number significantly.

Matlou Setati, food safety initiative executive at the CGCSA, joins us on this weekend’s podcast to discuss the voluntary agreement. She says that so far 55 signatories have come on board.  

Matlou Setati, executive for the food safety initiative at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
Matlou Setati, executive for the food safety initiative at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

“Through this landmark voluntary agreement, signatories from South Africa – including manufacturers, suppliers and retailers – are committing to the overall agreement to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12.3.
[They commit] to [reducing] food waste in South Africa by 50% by 2030. This will be done through individual activities and their companies.”

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The voluntary agreement was launched about a year ago by the CGCSA, and include the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment, as well as trade, industry and competition.

Already in action

The country started implementing practical steps in line with the agreement. Setati explains that these steps will prioritise the prevention of food waste and the redistribution of edible surplus food.

“There has to be identification of food surplus and waste management solutions that will respond to a circular economy and sustainable food systems agenda.

“And we do believe that through government legislative guidance, the industry will be enabled to prevent waste and empowered to donate surplus food which is safe for human consumption, thus averting food insecurity and food waste, and working towards the zero-hunger goal.”

Setati adds that the government can contribute to reducing food waste in the country by focusing on infrastructure support for farmers, for example by enabling farmers to process products that may not have been sold at the markets.

“There is also a need for markets close to the farmers and the improvement of market infrastructure such as storage and temperature control. One other critical aspect is the issue of road infrastructure. These are some drivers of food loss and waste.”

Everyone is responsible

Setati says that the goal of the voluntary agreement is to halve food waste in the country by 2030, and that ultimately we all need to actively contribute to reducing it.

“Food waste has a direct impact on climate change and needs necessary focus from governments, consumers and industry working together. If we all measure the waste we produce in our facilities and households, we should be able to implement changes. Thus we all have a responsibility and a role to play in the reduction of food loss and waste.”

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Born and bred in Cape Town, Nicole Ludolph is always telling a story. After a few years doing this and that, she decided that she might as well get paid for her stories. Nicole began her journalism career writing science articles for learner magazine Science Stars and interning at Getaway Magazine.

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