Food losses and waste: reflections on the current brazilian scenario

Abstract Globally, the world’s population increases more than eighty million people each year, and Brazil is one of the world’s most populous countries. To ensure the survival of humankind on Earth we need to review attitudes related to the use of natural resources, which directly affect the availability of food and other basic needs. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the relationship between human’s rights to food with food waste and loss. Bioethical and legal aspects will be evaluated, as well as environmental, economic and social factors. In addition, we will verify initiatives that are happening towards the improvement of this subject in Brazil, and the proposals related to individualized actions. Brazil is one of the countries that most wastes food in the world and there are several factors that contribute to this scenario, such as legal barriers that could facilitate the donation of expired food or those considered out of consumption standards, thereby reducing the generation of organic residues.