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                                              RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT OF SURPLUS FOOD




                                              An  integral  part  of  the  program  is  taken ashore and donated to people                      Office and the local Border Control  22,  2017;  in  what  was  a  first  for
                                              the  surplus  food  donation  scheme  in  need;  these  “ready  to  eat”  meals,                  Public Health & Safety  Agency.  global  shipping,  the  first  delivery
                                              launched  by  Costa  with  the  food  which are prepared on board but not                         The ground-breaking nature of this  ashore of surplus food was offloaded
            23,000                            bank  charity  Fondazione Banco  served  to  guests,  would  previously                           project and the associated multi- and donated to Fondazione L’Ancora,
     PORTIONS DONATED
         FROM JULY 2017                       Alimentare Onlus. In a self- have been discharged at sea. This is a                               stakeholder approach have resulted  which runs a shelter for disadvantaged
         TO MARCH 2018                        contained system like the ship, with  great opportunity for Costa to retrieve                     in a blueprint that can be used in the  youth  in  the  town  of  Varazze  (near
                                              a very large number of meals served  unserved food and, using the network                         future by other shipping companies,  Savona). This project is ongoing and
             TOGETHER WITH
         BANCO ALIMENTARE                     each day, it is virtually impossible to  of one of the biggest charitable                         who  will  be  able  to  implement  this  Costa plans to extend it to other ports
                                              completely eliminate the surplus. The  organizations,  distribute  it  via  local                 model for the management of surplus  in Italy and the Mediterranean and to
                                              introduction of Law no. 166/2016 (the  associations to the needy, creating a                      food  (characteristics,  preservation  also expand  the scale of operations
                                              so-called “Gadda Law”) concerning the  different type of relationship between                     and  transport)  so  that  they  can  by  persuading  other  operators  to
                                              donation  to  charity  and  distribution  ship  and  shore.  Before  we  could  do                donate  it  ashore  while  guaranteeing  take part. In December 2017 the
                                              of food and pharmaceutical products  this,  we  had  to  fulfill  specific  new                   compliance  with  food  safety  scheme started operating in the
                                              in order to reduce waste, allowed us  procedures for the preparation of                           standards.                                  Port  of  Civitavecchia  in  favor  of  La
                                              to start this scheme whereby surplus  the  food  for  offloading  and  work  in                   Our partnership with Banco Alimentare  Repubblica dei Ragazzi, a local foster
                                              food on board our ships is retrieved,  close consultation with the Customs                        kicked off officially in Savona on July  care group home (see page 83).
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