Research in the United Kingdom has revealed five themes around consumer attitudes and behaviors toward eating food past the use-by date.
These include date labeling confusion, treating use-by dates as only a guide, and ingrained behavior.
Thirty people from England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part in two interviews and
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Experts have developed guidance to help food firms decide what other information to give consumers besides use-by or best-before dates to ensure food safety.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific opinion covers storage conditions, time limits for consumption after food has been opened and thawing of frozen items.
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A poll of adults in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has revealed that half of them do not always check the use-by date on food before eating it.
Findings show that 44 percent view use-by dates as a useful guide and half of adults surveyed could not identify the correct
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In dialing back some on food waste without giving up too much on food safety, the Food Standards Agency for the United Kingdom this week changed its advice on eggs.
Previously, the FSA advised consumer to NOT eat eggs after their “best before” date had expired, because of concerns about
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Do expiration dates really matter? Some judge the quality of perishable food using the sniff test, keeping it refrigerated until smells rotten or rancid, while others toss the food out the minute it hits 12:00 a.m. on the sell-by date.
In a recent opinion piece for Slate, well-known food author
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), there is no uniform or universally accepted system used for food dating in the United States. More than 20 states require dating of certain foods, but other states do not require any food dating. With the exceptions of infant formula and some
