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MEXICO.- The secretary of the board of directors of the Chamber of Deputies, Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza, proposed to create the General Law on Food Waste to promote the recovery and donation of these products to the vulnerable population.
Morena's legislator said that, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year in Mexico 37.26% of the food produced is wasted, which could help seven million people in extreme poverty.
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The initiative, which was taken Social Development Commissions and the Budget and Public Account in San Lazaro, state that the most wasted foods each year are: cow's milk, tortillas, bread, eggs, chicken, fruits and vegetables.
Guevara Espinoza pointed out that efforts have been made to reduce food poverty by implementing the National Crusade against Hunger, one of whose aims is to provide food to vulnerable populations.
"I consider that it is necessary that private initiative be part of a crusade aimed at reducing food waste and reducing this poverty gap, and whoever will do so will benefit from an incentive." ", did he declare.
The legislature stated that its proposal was aimed at ensuring compliance with Article 4 of the Constitution, which establishes the right to nutritious, adequate and quality food.
With information from the Excelsior news portal.
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