Demographic changes have a significant impact on the amount of food consumed and food waste generated. A joint food waste reduction target, applying to retail and other distribution of food, restaurants and food services and households, should therefore be expressed as a percentage change in food waste levels per capita in order to take into account population changes. As tourists are not counted as part of the general population and Member States might be confronted with an increase or decrease in tourism in relation to the reference period for the setting of the food waste reduction target expressed per capita for retail and other distribution of food, restaurants and food services and households, taking into account tourism flows, the Commission should adopt a correction factor, so as to support Member States achieve that food waste reduction target.
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