The food date labels you can safely ignore — and the ones you can’t, according to experts
- Millions of Americans routinely discard perfectly edible food, mistakenly believing it has spoiled simply because a date on the packaging has passed.
- Experts confirm that much of this waste stems from a widespread misunderstanding of food labeling.
- The confusion is compounded by a lack of federal standardization for food date labels, with the notable exception of baby formula.
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- Millions of Americans routinely discard perfectly edible food, mistakenly believing it has spoiled simply because a date on the packaging has passed.
- Experts confirm that much of this waste stems from a widespread misunderstanding of food labeling.
- The confusion is compounded by a lack of federal standardization for food date labels, with the notable exception of baby formula.
Sources: The Independent