There’s a market near my house that sells expired food. The prices can’t be beat, and I like the concept of not needlessly tossing away old goods. Plus wasting food almost feels like a crime lately, ...

Expiration dates aren't expiration dates. That's what Andrea Collins, a sustainable food system specialist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said about the dozens of differently phrased date ...

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 ...

PARAMUS, New Jersey (WABC) -- Officials in New Jersey are taking new steps to standardize and improve food date labels to reduce food waste and help families save money on groceries. Congressman Josh ...

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 ...

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 estimate ...

Raise your hand if you fully understand the food expiration date labels in California’s grocery stores. That’s what we thought. Misleading and unclear expiration dates cause Americans to throw out ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law aimed at clearing up the meanings of expiration dates on foods. Assembly Bill 660 will require most expiration date labeling on food packaging to either use the ...

PARAMUS, N.J. -- Officials in Congress are taking new steps to standardize and improve food date labels to reduce food waste and help families save money on groceries. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., ...