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FSA looks at why people eat food after use-by dates

By Joe Whitworth on September 17, 2021

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…
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CFIA updates best-by on recalled microgreens

By News Desk on May 1, 2018
To view photos of all of the varieties of recalled Greenbelt Greenhouse microgreens, please click on the image.

Consumers are still at risk from recalled Greenbelt microgreens after Canadian officials updated

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Briefly: Dating game — Info shortage — Down the drain

By News Desk on December 8, 2017

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…
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USDA championed new policies in 2016 to reduce food waste

By Kelly Nuckolls on May 21, 2017

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 …
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USDA suggests ‘Best if Used By’ labeling on meat, other foods

By News Desk on December 15, 2016

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…
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How to Use the ‘Best-By’ Dates on Your Food

By Lydia Zuraw on July 29, 2015

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”…
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IAFP Interview: Leib on Expiration Dates and Food Waste

By James Andrews on August 25, 2014

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…
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