Consumers are being urged to change the way we view out of date food products in order to reduce food waste.
Ireland bins one million tonnes of food every year. MEP, Brian Hayes, says this is shameful when we consider that 15% of our population has experienced food poverty at some point.
The Fine Gael MEP says it's been estimated that nearly one billion people could be lifted out of malnourishment on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in Europe, the UK and the US.
"This isn't just an issue of better value for money", said the MEP.
"It's also about ensuring that what we save in Europe, North America and elsewhere are savings that we can put into additional funding for countries that are developing and suffering from malnourished across the globe."
