Effective utilization of unused food

Currently, events, etc. are being canceled or postponed as a countermeasure against infectious diseases of the new coronavirus, and unused food is generated, and in some cases, there is a risk of becoming a large amount of waste.

Regarding unused food, from the perspective of reducing food loss and reducing the burden of waste disposal, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries collects information on unused food that wishes to be donated to food banks, and provides this information to food banks nationwide. We are making efforts to simultaneously disseminate information on

If you are having trouble disposing of unused food, please refer to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries website below.
In addition, including donations to food banks, if the food cannot be used as food in the end, please consider recycling it as feed or fertilizer (food recycling).