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Explore Food Loss and Waste Policy Issues
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Highlighted Resources
The Start Here Toolkit – Atlas Policy Toolkit
Consumer Perceptions of Food Date Labels: 2025 National Survey
Can Food Waste Policies Promote Sustainability?: Relationships of Food Date Label Policies with Food Waste and Safety Outcomes
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About the Food Law & Policy Clinic
The Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School (FLPC) serves partner organizations, communities, and governments in the U.S. and globally by providing law and policy guidance on food systems issues. This website – The Food Loss and Waste Policy Hub – features research, findings, and reports from our Food Waste and Recovery work—one of the four focus areas at FLPC. Visit FLPC’s flagship website for more information about all areas of our work.