Morocco Warns of Ramadan Food Waste Surge, Citing Economic and Health Impacts

In a statement to Morocco World News, Bouazza Kherrati, president of the FMDC, indicated that Morocco reaches its peak of consumable waste such as electricity, water and food during the month of Ramadan. During this period, 41.1% of Moroccan households waste a third of edible foods, or 500 DH per month. "How is it, in the 21st century, that nearly two million food products are wasted each year by each family rather than by active units like restaurants!" Bouazza Kherrati wonders, stressing that the report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicates that about 91 kg of food products are wasted per capita each year.

Faced with this gloomy picture, the FMDC calls for limiting food waste during the holy month of Ramadan, which will begin on April 13. "Such behavior goes against the principles of rational management of food products and harms the national economy," the federation said in a statement. It hammers that "Ramadan is a month dedicated to piety, fasting and not a month of excessive consumption".

To reverse the trend, the FMDC plans to launch a national awareness campaign focused on the theme "the proper management of food products, the responsibility of all" during the last 10 days of the month of Sha’ban.