This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Supermarkets not to be able to throw away unwanted food and give to the poor
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Italy has just passed a law preventing the dumping of unwanted food by supermarkets which it legislates should be given to the poor and needy. It is high time the UK government had a similar system in this country.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/120910
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