The EU's elimination of shelf life for foods such as rice and coffee is expected to reduce waste

Statistics show that tens of millions of tons of
fed food
are thrown into the dustbin every year in the
E.EU
countries, according to German weekly Der Spiegel
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, resulting in huge waste. Sources said that EU countries plan to take measures to this end, such as dry noodles,
rice
and
coffee
and other food
shelf life
in the future or will be cancelled.

local time, EU agriculture ministers will meet, and an article in germany's
Bild
newspaper suggested that the Netherlands and Sweden may propose to cancel the shelf life of some foods. In addition,
HDE
plans to eliminate the maximum shelf life of some foods, making thembut not the food
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, which may include tea, coffee, dry noodles and hard cheese. It is reported that some goods are no longer mandatory to indicate shelf life, such as sugar, salt and honey, greenpeace

called for further expansion of the species.
Kai Falk
, president of the German Retailers Association, told the newspaper:This is a significant step in reducing waste by expanding the variety of food products, as many people see shelf life as a limit for food to be bad and inedable. According to an EU report, as many as 89 million
food is
a year.
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