Food waste is a mounting global concern, and with the planet’s population continuing to grow, so too does the pressure on food systems. While countless initiatives are aimed at reducing waste at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Up to 40 percent of all food produced around the world never makes it to anyone’s plate—a staggering fact. As Congress works to finalize the most important piece of food legislation—the coming 2024 ...

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

A new California law further regulates food safety labels and will take effect in 2026. “Sell by” labels, used by grocers to help rotate stock, will be banned. “Best if used by” indicates best food ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering HB 3018, which would require thousands of Oregon businesses - from hospitals to restaurants to food producers - to compost their food waste. Nationwide, an estimated ...

Food gets wasted at every point in the system. It happens on farms, at factories, in grocery stores and at restaurants. But as we reported in our food waste explainer, the biggest share of wasted food ...