Möjligheter till minskat matsvinn i Sverige – En risk-nyttoanalys av att sälja ut charkprodukter efter passerat bäst före-datum

Sammanfattning: Unnecessary food waste in Sweden is approximately 1,2 billion kilograms each year and this has consequences for both the environment and resources. The purpose of this project is to investigate if it is possible to reduce the unnecessary food waste, by selling cured meat products to a lower price in supermarkets, after the expired date but at the same time take people’s health into account. Focus in this report has been on the illness listeriosis. In this study a probability model has been made that generates number of extra cases of illness depending on when, in relation to the expired date, the product has been consumed. A cost-utility analysis has been made to compare the increased costs due to the number of extra cases of illness compared to the profit of lower environmental impact. Uncertainties that comes from insufficient data makes it difficult to set a specific date where selling cured meat products to a lower price would have been favourable to society. However, the conclusion is that there is a lot of profit in reducing the unnecessary food waste by lowering prices after the expired date.