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Italy to Change Law to Make All Supermarkets Give Unsold Food to Needy

Article-Italy to Change Law to Make All Supermarkets Give Unsold Food to Needy

Italy is set to pass a law that will make supermarkets donate their waste food to charities.

It will become the second European country to pass such laws after the French introduced a bill in February which bans supermarket throwing away or spoiling unsold food.

The bill has recieved widespread bipartisan support and is expected to pass the lower house of the parliament on Monday before a final vote in the Senate of the Republic.

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