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Benefits and Limitations of Methods of Measuring Food Losses and Their Economic and Non-Economic Significance – The Case of Bakery and Confectionery Industry

Elżbieta Goryńska-Goldmann

Elżbieta Goryńska-Goldmann

Department of Economics and Economical Policy in Agribusiness, Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS)Poznań, Poland
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Michał Gazdecki

Michał Gazdecki

Department of Economics and Economical Policy in Agribusiness, Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS)Poznań, Poland
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Krystyna Rejman

Krystyna Rejman

Department of Food Market and Consumer Research, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGWWarsaw, Poland
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Sep 30, 2021
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Published Online: Sep 30, 2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2021-0011
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Methods of measuring food losses and waste recommended for particular stages of the food supply chain at the EU levelSource: ATTACHMENT III A method of accurate measurement of food losses to the Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/3321 final ANNEXES 1 to 4 dated 3 May 2019 r. supplementing the Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimal requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/3/2019/PL/C-2019-3211-F1-PL-MAIN-PART-1.PDF; access: 8 June 2021).
Methods of measuring food losses and waste recommended for particular stages of the food supply chain at the EU levelSource: ATTACHMENT III A method of accurate measurement of food losses to the Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/3321 final ANNEXES 1 to 4 dated 3 May 2019 r. supplementing the Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimal requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/rep/3/2019/PL/C-2019-3211-F1-PL-MAIN-PART-1.PDF; access: 8 June 2021).

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List of food loss measurement methods used in Polish bakery and confectionery industrySource: own work
List of food loss measurement methods used in Polish bakery and confectionery industrySource: own work
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