SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION
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Question
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Experts estimate that just one restaurant can throw away between 25, 000 and 75, 000 pounds of food each year.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Just how much food do Americans waste? Here’s some “food” for thought: While the world wastes about 1.4 billion tons of food2 every year, the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 40 million tons-80 billion pounds-every year.
Detailed explanation-2: -India is not an exception. According to the UNEP report, India’s estimate of food wastage per capita per year amounts to 50 kgs whereas the wastage caused by Indian households per year is pegged at a whopping 68, 760, 163 tonnes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Over a third of all food produced ( 2.5 billion tons) is lost or wasted each year. One third of this occurs in the food production stage.
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