The aim of this article is to present the current Polish legal solutions regarding counteracting food waste. Poland is one of the EU Member States which has adopted detailed regulations designed to prevent food waste in the food supply chain. For now, they apply only to the food distribution stage and the main measures adopted are: the obligation of large-area stores to conclude agreements with non-governmental organisations engaged in food redistribution, their obligation to run education and information campaigns, and their obligation to pay fees in favour of the NGOs in case food is wasted. The adoption of such measures should be assessed positively, however, the instruments provided still require some further adjustment. The article discusses both these measures and the necessary improvements (in particular, the need for the provisions to be applied as well to food producers and in terms of the new definition of ‘food waste’). Furthermore, it presents the provisions existing in the Polish legal system that make it difficult to achieve the goal of preventing food waste. This is the case, in particular, of the regulations governing the possibility of placing food on the market after the expiry of its date of minimum durability. In this matter, the Polish regulations need to be aligned with the European food law.