Term:
Food recovery
Definition:
[Recovery of safe and nutritious food for human consumption is] to receive, with or without payment, food (processed, semi-processed or raw) which would otherwise be discarded or wasted from the agricultural, livestock, forestry and fisheries supply chains of the food system.
Domain:
Agriculture
Source:
Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste, FAO, 2019 (http://www.fao.org/platform-food-loss-waste/food-waste/food-waste-reduction/country-level-guidance/en/).