Expiration dates. Best-by dates. Whatever you call them, at some point, you’ve probably squinted at those tiny ...

Gavin Newsom signed a new law aimed at clearing up the meanings of expiration dates on foods ... there are more than 50 differently phrased date labels on packaged food,” the law’s author ...

For example, people throw out canned goods past its expiration date. In reality, labels like the “Use by ... “Milk usually lasts a few days after the sell-by date,” says Bjorgaard.

Two food industry groups, the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, push grocers and foodmakers across the industry to limit food expiration labels to two terms ...

The bill would establish two standard labels, “best if used by” for quality dates and “use by” for discard or expiration dates. It would end the printing of “sell by” dates that ...

“Every day, there is someone responsible for checking ... After that, you have to use your senses,” said McHugh. RELATED:What expiration dates on prescription drugs really mean She pulled ...

You may see different wording on product labels. How long is food good for based on the wording? By understanding expiration terms, you can better interpret how long your food is good. If you ...

Confusion over expiration labels each year contributes to the waste of more than 130 billion pounds of food — one-third of the U.S. supply — worth an estimated $160 billion, according to a new ...

“Sell by”. “Use by”. “Best before”. There are over ten different kinds of expiration labels found on food packaging. What’s it all really mean? and how do you know when a product is ...

RELATED: Agriculture and Art Tour highlights local food options amidst inflation "People don’t understand the term expiration date basically is a misnomer. We have a lot of different labels on ...