Confused by food expiration dates? You’re not alone. Experts say those labels often refer to quality—not safety—and ...

The best-before date marks the end of the period during which the product is expected to retain its full quality under stated ...

Most Americans have stood in front of the fridge wondering what all those dates really mean. In the U.S., date labels like ...

As part of National Food Safety Month, Hans Weding, Extension registered dietitian and certified ServSafe instructor who has led numerous food safety training courses for professionals in the food and ...

Date labels. Expiration dates. Best-by dates. Whatever you call them, at some point, you’ve probably squinted at those tiny dot-matrix-printed numbers and wondered: “Does this mean my cheese might ...

Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey that food ...

A new study has revealed Australians are wasting food because of unclear date labels and storage advice. About one-third of all food in Australia is either lost or discarded every year. Use-by dates ...

If you answered a), you’re hopefully now learning that, of course it is! If b), good for you. If you chose c), then you’re in the majority, as a recent national survey found that 84 percent of ...