Reducing Food Loss and Waste: A Look at Food Bank Kanagawa

Food Bank Kanagawa

Food Bank Kanagawa director Fujita Makoto.

Boxes of frozen foods deemed unsuitable for sale due to minor damage.

Only the bottom box of the four-box set of frozen broccoli is damaged, but all were rejected.

A food bank worker unloads items from a freezer truck.

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Volunteers sort food items by their use-by dates.

Not all items donated by households can be used. Closer inspection of a can of stewed chicken (left) and bag of mini biscuits reveals that they are for pet use.