CBS BOSTON: A recent study done by Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic and the Natural Resource’s Defense Council exposes the truth behind expiration dates and offers suggestions to food manufacturers on how to better set these dates…
The study looked at rates of waste, finding that 90% of consumers throw they food away on the sell by date. Leib said consumers are unaware that these dates are not necessarily linked with food safety. As a result, about 160 billion tons of food are wasted every year.
“Consumers need to take that extra minute to actually look at their food and smell their food and make an assessment,” Leib said. “When we just rely on these dates and throw everything away after the date, we’re leading to really high rates of food waste.” … (more)
