{"id":5110,"date":"2015-05-26T07:20:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T07:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2015-07-13T03:01:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T03:01:49","slug":"france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/france","title":{"rendered":"France Is Taking A Stand Against Hunger. What A Great Initiative!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The legislation was approved as part of the Loi Macron, a law that covers economic activity and equality in France.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">According to the Guardian, the average French person discards up to 30kg of food a year.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some food retailers deliberately spoil food with bleach while the homeless, poor and unemployed struggle to satisfy their hunger. Many homeless people venture into supermarket bins at night to feed themselves of products that have been discarded prior to their best-before dates. In order to prevent potential food poisoning by eating food from the trash, some supermarkets deliberately spoil products with bleach. According to the Guardian, <em>\u201cOf the 7.1m tons of food wasted in France each year, 67% is binned by consumers, 15% by restaurants and 11% by shops\u201d.<\/em> The food that is thrown away from supermarket shelves is generally fine for consumption, even if it isn&#8217;t up to the industry standard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/Wysypisko.jpg\" alt=\"Wysypisko\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/Wysypisko.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/Wysypisko-472x300.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/Wysypisko-95x60.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/70\/Wysypisko.jpg\">source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Offenders can go to jail <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supermarkets with a surface larger than 4,305 sq ft will now have to donate the food to charities or for animal feed. Retailers will no longer be allowed to bleach the dustbins in which the food was thrown away, and if they do, they will face the consequences. By July 2016, any supermarket caught throwing away edible food will face fines up to 75 000 euros, or a two-year imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"download (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/download-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/download-1-452x300.jpeg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/539177b2e4b08aab4b7e3509\/t\/54119d2de4b078982522bbc4\/1410440497356\/\">source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Supermarkets criticized the plan <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, most supermarkets are not as keen on this idea as the French government is. The F\u00e9d\u00e9ration du Commerce et de la Distribution, the organization representing the supermarket chains, claims that supermarkets<em>\u00a0&#8220;represent only 5% of food waste&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5.jpg\" alt=\"3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5-481x300.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5-320x200.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5-95x60.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/31\/25\/44\/3125444b42f6d386b96900ae5a7d04f5.jpg\">source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">A good cause<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Considering the high number of homeless in Paris alone, it is easy to see this policy change lives. For those starving on the streets, this could be the difference between life and death. The French may face some backlash over this, but their overall goal is noble. They simply want to feed the hungry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/d08d9fe91157b121467c6c35148f1233.jpg\" alt=\"d08d9fe91157b121467c6c35148f1233\" width=\"600\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/d08d9fe91157b121467c6c35148f1233.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/d08d9fe91157b121467c6c35148f1233-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/229894755950958045\/\">source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/east-africa-rainforest\/\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0In East Africa Lies A Rainforest You Have Probably Never Heard Of.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France just took a stand against hunger and waste. 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