Many food labels don't tell you when a product actually needs to be thrown out. One California assemblywoman wants to change that.
that would make California the first state in the country to have a law mandating the use of the terms "best if used by" to indicate quality and "use by" to indicate the safety of a product. The hope is to eliminate the confusion on food labeling and reduce food waste.
The average American will spend $1,300 a year on food that is thrown away. Some 50 different phrases can be found on food products nationwide, and in some cases only a date is given, no other guidance."The grocery stores are saying 'Well, we can't figure out, we need to have 'sell by' so we know when to remove it from the shelf.' But food could be good one day after sell by, it could be good six months after sell by, nobody knows," said Irwin.
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