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 ...

Gen Z and millennials throw food away before it’s gone off and ahead of the date on the packaging, a Harvard study has found. The data shows this includes any label such as “best before”, “use by” or ...

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

Best before' or 'use by'? If you’ve ever stood in your kitchen wondering whether that yogurt is still safe, you're not alone.

There’s a good chance that you or someone you know has trashed perfectly good food over confusion about date labels. Now, the US government is looking for a fix. A group of four federal agencies, ...

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 ...

Grocery shopping becomes confusing when you’re staring at date labels that all look similar but mean completely different ...

The FDA is trying to find out why food companies use the labels they do. Food waste and food safety experts share what these labels mean and how to reduce food waste while making sure food is fresh.

If you, like me, are a yellow sticker fiend, you might be cutting it a bit fine with some of the use-by dates on your food products. But how much does a few days really matter? More than you think, ...