Food losses and waste in food systems sustainability: the nomenclature and its applicability

The analysis of legislative and regulatory documents, as well as available scientific papers, allows us to say that currently the nomenclature of food losses and their minimization is not sufficiently formed and is under development globally and Russia in particular. The terms presented in a number of regulatory documents do not reflect the current international trends and cannot be used as a basis for food security of the Russian Federation. In 2014, a high-level panel of experts on food security and nutrition formed the concept of "food security", which gave the grounds for the Russian nomenclature formulated in 2019 in the report on the research work "Food losses and organic waste in the consumer market of the Russian Federation". The research was carried out by the Center for Consumer Market Development of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo and "Platforma", OOO, supported by Danon, Russia. According to the results of the first voluntary national review of the Russian Federation's achievement of the UN sustainable development goals and execution of the sustainable development agenda up to 2030, there is a positive dynamics of Russia's development in the field of reducing food losses and ensuring food security. It occurred due to the development of its nomenclature, as well as to the drafting and approval of legislative acts aimed at the execution of sustainable development goals 2, 3 and 12. The drafts of the legislative acts of the Government of the Russian Federation are based on the application of scientific approaches and innovative solutions for the introduction of resource-saving and waste-free technologies of food production, as well as tracking the safety and quality of raw materials and finished products at all stages, including production, storage, transportation and sales, which will ensure food security of the country.