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1、FoodPolicy37(2012)561–570ContentslistsavailableatSciVerseScienceDirectFoodPolicyjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/foodpolqTotalandpercapitavalueoffoodlossintheUnitedStatesa,b,⇑a,b,1JeanC.Buzby,JeffreyHymanaUSDA/EconomicResearchService,1400Indepe
2、ndenceAve.,SW,MailStop1800,Washington,DC20250-1800,UnitedStatesbEconomicResearchServiceoftheUSDepartmentofAgriculture,355EStreet,SW,Washington,DC20024-3221,UnitedStatesarticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:Therearefewpeer-reviewedormajorpublishedstudiesth
3、atestimatethetotalamountoffoodlossinReceived26September2011developedcountriesandevenfewerattempttoestimatethemonetaryvalue.WecompiledestimatesReceivedinrevisedform15June2012oftheamountandvalueoffoodlossformorethan200individualfoodsintheUnitedStatesusi
4、ngtheAccepted20June2012USDepartmentofAgriculture’sEconomicResearchService’sLoss-AdjustedFoodAvailabilitydataandAvailableonline20July2012thenaggregatedthesevaluestoestimatethetotalvalueoffoodlossandthevaluebyfoodgroup.Theresultsindicatethatin2008,thees
5、timatedtotalvalueoffoodlossattheretailandconsumerlevelsinKeywords:theUnitedStatesaspurchasedatretailpriceswas$165.6billion.ThetopthreefoodgroupsintermsFoodlossofthevalueoffoodlossattheselevelsare:meat,poultry,andfish(41%);vegetables(17%);anddairyFoodwa
6、stePost-harvestlossproducts(14%).Lookingmorecloselyattheestimatesfortheconsumerlevel,thisleveloflosstranslatesPlatewasteintoalmost124kg(273lb)offoodlostfromhumanconsumption,percapita,in2008atanestimatedValueretailpriceof$390/capita/year.Foodlossrepres
7、entsasignificantshareofhouseholdfoodexpenditures:ourestimatessuggestthattheannualvalueoffoodlossisalmost10%oftheaverageamountspentonfoodperconsumerin2008andover1%oftheaveragedisposableincome.Thisconsumerlevellosstrans-latesintoover.3kg(0.7lb)offoodperc
8、apitaperdayvaluedat$1.07/day.OurestimatesofthetotalvalueoffoodlossintheUnitedStatesandlossestimatesbyfoodgroupareusefulinthattheycangenerateawarenessoftheissueamongthefoodindustrymembers,governments,andconsumers.Potentiallarge-scaleapproachesa
