The FDA is trying to find out why food companies use the labels they do. Food waste and food safety experts share what these labels mean and how to reduce food waste while making sure food is fresh.

The use of food-date labels, such as “use by” and “best if used by,” is causing consumer confusion and led to the unnecessary disposal of safe-to-eat or donated food, according to the Nov. 2023 ...

I am writing this in response to Dan Flynn’s raw milk article which appeared in Food Safety News on April 28. Mr. Flynn’s article reported on raw milk legislation currently being considered in Georgia ...

In the U.S., there is growing momentum to standardize the language on date labels to help educate buyers about food waste. In this Sept. 15 photo, a customer looks at refrigerated items at a Grocery ...

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This change is happening in California, where lawmakers have passed new food safety regulations that will take effect in July ...

These days, inflation is driving living costs up across the board. And that extends to groceries. Many people are racking up sky-high credit-card tabs to stock up on essentials at the supermarket. And ...

In a Facebook group focused on Trader Joe’s meal ideas, a woman created a post in February with a photo of the store’s branded Green Goddess Salad Dressing. She’d bought the bottle months earlier, she ...