Across the U.S., different date labels cause confusion about when to toss out food, contributing to staggering waste.

U.S. consumers report discarding food near or past the label date even more often than they did in 2016, according to new ...

Expiration dates can be misleading, often causing perfectly good food to be wasted. Many consumers assume that food past its "best by" date is unsafe to eat, but in reality, these dates are primarily ...

Instead, she said, use your senses. Does the item smell ... Customers should pay attention to food date labels at the supermarket to ensure they are purchasing a product that will maintain ...

“I think a big piece of it is that date labels were widely used starting in the 1970s. There are people who didn’t have them when they started buying food. We use your sign-up to provide ...