The Quebec government legalized the sale of fruit and “less fortunate” vegetables in all shops and markets. Residents now have more food choices while reducing organic waste produced by the agricultural industry.
Previously, city regulations prohibiting the sale of products with “abnormal physical characteristics , ” but the Minister of Agriculture Pierre Paradis says these regulations are no longer relevant and that this change will meet better demand from consumers.”Everybody wins,” Paradis said. “Businesses can diversify their offer, farms can sell more harvest and the consumer will have more variety of food to choose from.”
Food policy expert Sylvain Charlebois says that eliminate regulations against products “deformed” shows that the world and the market matures and goes “open mind”.
An estimated 10% of plant and fruit products are discarded in the field for “very ugly” according to a study by Value Chain Managmente Center, conducted in 2010.
Now that will change and the world will have less wasted food. Quebec, What a great example to follow!
