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
Continue Reading FSA looks at why people eat food after use-by dates
Consumers are still at risk from recalled Greenbelt microgreens after Canadian officials updated
Continue Reading CFIA updates best-by on recalled microgreens
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
Continue Reading Briefly: Dating game — Info shortage — Down the drain
Editor’s note: This essay is a 2017 runner up for the “Publisher’s Award” and was written as part of a food safety litigation class at the University of Arkansas Law School taught by Bill Marler
Continue Reading USDA championed new policies in 2016 to reduce food waste
New labeling guidance from the USDA that is designed to decrease waste by resolving consumer confusion about “best by” and “sell by” dates on food may also boost in-home food safety practices by providing more
Continue Reading USDA suggests ‘Best if Used By’ labeling on meat, other foods
With food waste and ugly food making headlines again in recent weeks, we wanted to give you a reminder of what food date labels actually mean. The key takeaway is that a “best-by” or “sell-by”
Continue Reading How to Use the ‘Best-By’ Dates on Your Food
Harvard School of Law lecturer Emily Broad Leib sat down with Food Safety News to discuss problems related to food waste and expiration dates at the 2014 conference for the International Association for Food Protection
Continue Reading IAFP Interview: Leib on Expiration Dates and Food Waste
