The new law requires food manufacturers to use clear, standardized language for “quality” and “safety” dates — and eliminates ...

California shoppers are about to see a quiet but sweeping change on grocery shelves: the familiar "sell by" date is being ...

Date labels. Expiration dates. Best-by dates. Whatever you call them, at some point, you’ve probably squinted at those tiny dot-matrix-printed numbers and wondered: “Does this mean my cheese might ...

If "sell by," "use by" and other food label dates seem confusing, there's a reason. Federal regulations do not require product dating labels except for infant formula, according to the U.S. Department ...

Confusion about whether food is safe to eat after “sell by,” “use by” and “best by” dates accounts for an estimated 20% of food wasted in the home, according to FDA, which is why the agency and USDA ...

NEW YORK — As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to ...

Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey that food ...

A new study has revealed Australians are wasting food because of unclear date labels and storage advice. About one-third of all food in Australia is either lost or discarded every year. Use-by dates ...