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National food waste prevention strategy
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15. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister shall prepare and submit to the Government for their approval, with such modifications (if any) as they consider appropriate, a national food waste prevention strategy (to be known as “the national food waste prevention roadmap” and in this section referred to as “the national food waste prevention strategy”) setting out the policy, objectives and priorities for the time being of the Government in relation to food waste prevention.
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(2) The first national food waste prevention strategy shall be prepared and submitted under subsection (1) not later than 6 months after the date on which this section comes into operation and thereafter a national food waste prevention strategy shall be prepared and submitted under that subsection not less than once in every period of 3 years after the date on which the most recent national food waste prevention strategy was published in accordance with subsection (4).
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(3) In preparing the national food waste prevention strategy, the Minister shall take the following into account:
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(a) the Circular Economy Strategy;
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(b) the climate action plan;
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(c) the National Biodiversity Action Plan;
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(d) the National Policy Statement on the Bioeconomy;
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(e) the National Disability Inclusion Strategy;
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(f) the Roadmap for Social Inclusion;
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(g) the Programme for Government;
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(h) the European Union Farm to Fork Strategy;
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(i) Food Vision 2030 Strategy;
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(j) the law of the European Union;
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(k) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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(4) A national food waste prevention strategy approved by the Government under this section shall be published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister or the Government and the Minister shall, on an annual basis, publish on that website a report prepared by or on behalf of the Minister on the implementation of the strategy.
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(5) In this section—
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“European Union Farm to Fork Strategy” means the document entitled “A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system” published by the European Commission on 20 May 2020, or any document that amends or replaces that document;
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“Food Vision 2030 Strategy” means the strategy entitled “Food Vision 2030 - A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems” published by the Government on 2 August 2021, or any document which amends or replaces that strategy;
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“food waste” has the meaning given to it by section 5 of the Act of 1996.
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