食品ロス、最少４７２万トン　事業系は目標達成、家庭も減―２２年度

　農林水産、環境両省と消費者庁は２１日、２０２２年度に食品関連事業者と家庭から出た食品ロス発生量（推計値）が計４７２万トン（前年度比９．８％減）だったと発表した。事業系、家庭系ともに２３６万トンずつで、調査を開始した１２年度以降でいずれも過去最少を更新したが、経済損失は合わせて４兆円に上るという。
　政府は３０年度までに００年度の半分（事業系２７３万トン、家庭系２１６万トン）に削減させる目標を設定しており、事業系は前倒しで達成した。今後、さらなる削減に向け新たな目標設定などを検討する。
　事業系は前年度比１５．４％減で、業種別では食品製造業が１１７万トン、外食産業６０万トン、食品小売業４９万トンなど。円安による原材料価格高騰を考慮した余剰生産縮小や、需給予測の精度向上、コロナ禍であった時短営業の終了などが削減に寄与したとみられる。
　家庭系は同３．３％減で、うち未開封のまま捨てられる「直接廃棄」が１０２万トン、食べ残し１００万トン、野菜の皮を厚くむき過ぎるなど「過剰除去」が３３万トンだった。（2024/06/21-10:18）

The estimated amount of food wasted in Japan in fiscal 2022 fell 9.8 pct from the preceding year to 4.72 million tons, the lowest level since the statistics began in fiscal 2012, government data showed Friday.
   The amount of loss generated by food-related businesses and food loss at households each stood at 2.36 million tons, both record lows, according to the data released by the Consumer Affairs Agency, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry and the Environment Ministry.
   Meanwhile, related economic loss reached 4 trillion yen in total in the year that ended in March 2023.
   The government had set a target of halving the country's annual food loss by fiscal 2030 from the level in fiscal 2000, to 2.73 million tons at businesses and 2.16 million tons at households. Now that the goal for businesses has been met, the government will consider setting a new reduction target.
   The fiscal 2022 amount of food loss at businesses was down 15.4 pct year on year. Of the amount, 1.17 million tons were from food manufacturers, 600,000 tons from eating and drinking establishments, and 490,000 tons from food retailers.