This policy brief outlines the relevance of Unfair Trading Practices to understanding addressing food waste in the supply chain and makes recommendations on mitigating Unfair Trading Practices for a fairer and less wasteful supply chain.

REFRESH research has identified Unfair Trading Practices as a key policy focus within the scope of “integrated supply chain policies” because of their relevance to the market dynamics of food waste creation at various stages of the supply chain. This link was explored within a comparative analysis of Voluntary Agreements and Unfair Trading Practices in three European countries, which demonstrated that addressing Unfair Trading Practices is a necessary prerequisite to effectively tackling supply chain food waste

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Jessica Sinclair Taylor, Julian Parfitt, Dominika Jarosz, 2019. "Regulating the role of Unfair Trading Practices in food waste generation" EU Horizon 2020 REFRESH.

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  • English

Publishing date: 

28/02/2019

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Stephanie Burgos, Flavien Colin, Venice Graf

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Citation: 

Jessica Sinclair Taylor, Julian Parfitt, Dominika Jarosz, 2019. "Regulating the role of Unfair Trading Practices in food waste generation" EU Horizon 2020 REFRESH.

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