Keep it or toss it? ‘Best Before’ labels cause confusion
2 years, 5 months ago

Keep it or toss it? ‘Best Before’ labels cause confusion

Associated Press  

As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Unlike “use by” labels, which are found on perishable foods like meat and dairy, “best before” labels have nothing to do with safety and may encourage consumers to throw away food that’s perfectly fine to eat. To tackle the problem, major U.K. chains like Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer recently removed “best before” labels from prepackaged fruit and vegetables. But ReFED estimates that 7% of U.S. food waste — or 4 million tons annually — is due to consumer confusion over “best before” labels. “We definitely need to be focusing more on doing these small actions like addressing expiration date labels, because even though it’s such a tiny part of this whole food waste issue, it can be very impactful,” Apple said.

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Front-of-package food labels: A path to healthier choices
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Front-of-package food labels: A path to healthier choices

Salon  

The way you see nutrition labels on food packaging is about to change. Canadian policy The Canadian government's new policy requiring front-of-package nutrition symbols aims to guide consumers toward healthier food choices by highlighting foods high in sodium, sugars or saturated fats. Education campaigns such as community workshops and public health initiatives, and point of sale posters that explain the …

The FDA wants to change how packaged food is sold in the U.S.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The FDA wants to change how packaged food is sold in the U.S.

NPR  

The FDA wants to change how packaged food is sold in the U.S. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the FDA has proposed requiring a new label on the front of packaged food and drinks aimed at helping Americans make healthier food choices. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Food and Drug Administration wants to require a new nutrition label …

Confused by 'best by' or 'use by' labels? The FDA wants your input to reduce food waste
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Confused by 'best by' or 'use by' labels? The FDA wants your input to reduce food waste

NPR  

Confused by 'best by' or 'use by' labels? The FDA wants your input to reduce food waste toggle caption Dorisj/Getty Images The can of chickpeas in the pantry has a "best by" date that passed two weeks ago. "It's not only leading to food waste, but it's also causing people to waste a lot of money," says Emily Broad Leib, …

Target, Walmart and Trader Joe's stores in California forced to change how they sell fresh food
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Target, Walmart and Trader Joe's stores in California forced to change how they sell fresh food

Daily Mail  

California has become the first state to ban confusing 'best before' labels on food in all major supermarkets. California has become the first state to ban confusing 'best before' labels on food in all major supermarkets In California alone, around six million tons of unexpired food is tossed in the trash each year. Lawmakers and advocates in California said they …

California to ban ‘sell by’ and ‘best before’ labels
6 months ago

California to ban ‘sell by’ and ‘best before’ labels

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The state is the first to ban food …

Is the food in the fridge still good? California wants to end the guessing game
6 months ago

Is the food in the fridge still good? California wants to end the guessing game

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California wants to help end …

TRUTH in Labeling Act would heighten the warning for shoppers
6 months, 2 weeks ago

TRUTH in Labeling Act would heighten the warning for shoppers

Salon  

With rising rates of obesity in the U.S. and increasing attention being paid to the health harms of processed foods, it's clear that far more could be done to help consumers make healthy food choices. If passed, it would require U.S. food manufacturers to add a second nutrition label to the front of product packages, in addition to the ones …

Front-of-pack labelling on less healthy food & beverages is need of the hour
1 year ago

Front-of-pack labelling on less healthy food & beverages is need of the hour

New Indian Express  

Labels on most processed foods mention manufacturing and expiry dates, MRP, net weight, ingredients by quantity, manufacturer’s address, complaint details, and nutritional information, as mandated by law. WHO recommends the implementation of front-of-pack labelling on less healthy foods and beverages as a strategy to prevent and control NCDs. We must settle for nothing less than clear, interpretative, warning labels on …

Food labels to help consumers buy ‘high quality’ British products under plans
1 year ago

Food labels to help consumers buy ‘high quality’ British products under plans

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Food labels will be made clearer to help consumers buy “high quality” British food under …

Most people favour inclusion of front of pack warning label on food items
2 years, 7 months ago

Most people favour inclusion of front of pack warning label on food items

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Over 91% people favour consumer friendly front of pack labelling on packaged food items, the findings of an online poll showed. ’High-in’ warning labels, considered the simplest and easiest to read FOPL design, is the one most preferred by consumers as it helps them make healthier food choices. It will also help to reduce the burden of Non- …

How removing expiry date labels from food products could prevent huge waste
2 years, 7 months ago

How removing expiry date labels from food products could prevent huge waste

Hindustan Times  

Before ending up on a European supermarket shelf, an avocado has effectively emitted 1.3 kilograms of carbon into the atmosphere. This has prompted Waitrose to join a growing number of food retailers in removing date labelling, such as the “use-by” or “best-before” date, from some fresh food items in an attempt to reduce household food waste. Almost 60% of western …

Supermarkets urged to sell fruit and veg without packaging or best-before dates to cut food waste
3 years, 1 month ago

Supermarkets urged to sell fruit and veg without packaging or best-before dates to cut food waste

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK’s major supermarkets have been urged to sell fresh, uncut fruit and vegetables without …

Sell fresh uncut produce loose and without best before dates, food waste charity says
3 years, 1 month ago

Sell fresh uncut produce loose and without best before dates, food waste charity says

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy UK retailers should sell fresh uncut fruit and vegetables without …

Would more labelling really help us eat less sugar?
3 years, 7 months ago

Would more labelling really help us eat less sugar?

The Independent  

The much-debated issue of nutritional labelling has been plunged into the spotlight yet again, with health experts calling for restrictions on child-friendly packaging and the addition of nutritional claims on yoghurts which are high in sugar. “Given only five per cent of yoghurts with child-friendly packaging would have a green-coloured label as being ‘healthy’ for sugar, food companies must make …

Why is it taking so long to label fast food?
5 years, 3 months ago

Why is it taking so long to label fast food?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Centre for Science and Environment unveiled a new study this week which showed that salt and fat in an array of “junk food” was well above proposed regulatory thresholds. However, the findings are significant as the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is yet to make into law draft regulations on setting limits, and …

Why food labels are too complicated for shoppers
5 years, 5 months ago

Why food labels are too complicated for shoppers

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Indeed, our latest research shows that many shoppers find food labels confusing and this …

To Reduce Food Waste, FDA Urges 'Best If Used By' Date Labels
5 years, 10 months ago

To Reduce Food Waste, FDA Urges 'Best If Used By' Date Labels

NPR  

To Reduce Food Waste, FDA Urges 'Best If Used By' Date Labels Enlarge this image toggle caption zoranm/Getty Images zoranm/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to the food industry on Thursday, urging companies to get behind the initiative to standardize the use of the phrase "best if used by" on packaged food labels. Yiannas says confusion …

Tesco removes best before labelling from fruit and veg to reduce waste
6 years, 5 months ago

Tesco removes best before labelling from fruit and veg to reduce waste

The Independent  

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Waitrose rated the 'worst' among supermarkets for food waste
6 years, 9 months ago

Waitrose rated the 'worst' among supermarkets for food waste

Daily Mail  

Waitrose has been given the lowest rating among supermarkets for its attempts to cut down on food waste. The survey assessed four categories – how open the stores were about publishing figures on waste; their efforts to cut waste; efforts to redistribute surplus food to charity, and efforts to help suppliers and customers throw away less. Waitrose has been given …

Tesco REMOVES 'confusing' best before date labels from fruit and veg
6 years, 10 months ago

Tesco REMOVES 'confusing' best before date labels from fruit and veg

Daily Mail  

Tesco has become the first major supermarket to remove 'confusing' best before date labels from fruit and vegetable products to help reduce food waste. Tesco has revealed it will remove 'best before' guidance dates from 70 fruit and vegetable products to try and help people reduce food waste The decision follows a recent campaign by the National Federation of Women's …

Brexit represents chance to rethink food labelling and tackle Britain's obesity crisis, say councils
7 years, 1 month ago

Brexit represents chance to rethink food labelling and tackle Britain's obesity crisis, say councils

The Independent  

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To Cut Waste, U.K. Grocery Chain Will Sell Products Past 'Best Before' Dates
7 years, 3 months ago

To Cut Waste, U.K. Grocery Chain Will Sell Products Past 'Best Before' Dates

NPR  

To Cut Waste, U.K. Grocery Chain Will Sell Products Past 'Best Before' Dates Enlarge this image toggle caption Anglia Picture Agency/Ashley Pickering/Anglia Picture Anglia Picture Agency/Ashley Pickering/Anglia Picture When we're grocery shopping, most of us don't seek out foods that have passed their "Best Before" dates. In an effort to reduce food waste, the East of England Co-op says that …

Global Plan To Streamline 'Use By' Food Labels Aims To Cut Food Waste
7 years, 6 months ago

Global Plan To Streamline 'Use By' Food Labels Aims To Cut Food Waste

NPR  

Global Plan To Streamline 'Use By' Food Labels Aims To Cut Food Waste Enlarge this image toggle caption mrtom-uk//iStockphoto mrtom-uk//iStockphoto An estimated 133 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S. each year, enough to fill Chicago's Willis Tower 44 times. Sponsor Message The Consumer Goods Forum, a network of 400 of the largest food and consumer goods companies …

‘Best If Used By’ labels will reduce food waste, USDA says
8 years, 3 months ago

‘Best If Used By’ labels will reduce food waste, USDA says

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says food sellers who use product dating labels should switch to the phrase “Best If Used By” to help reduce confusion and food waste. “This new guidance can help consumers save money and curb the amount of wholesome food going in the trash,” said Al Almanza, USDA deputy under secretary for food …

How You Can Help America Waste Less Food
8 years, 8 months ago

How You Can Help America Waste Less Food

Huff Post  

There are no federal laws dictating how expiration dates should be set or marked on food products -- which basically leaves manufacturers and retailers to figure it out themselves. Experts say making the country’s perplexing date labeling system easier to understand could help prevent hundreds of thousands of tons of food from being wasted each year. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree explains …

Consumer watchdog makes formal complaint about confusing food label
8 years, 11 months ago

Consumer watchdog makes formal complaint about confusing food label

Dutch News  

The Dutch consumers association Consumentenbond has made an official complaint about the government’s decision to approve the use of a controversial food labeling system for one more year, news agency ANP said on Tuesday. The association said last month the blue ticks used to encourage shoppers to make ‘considered’ or ‘healthy’ food choices should be scrapped from packaging. The association …

Consumer watchdog makes formal complaint about confusing food label
8 years, 11 months ago

Consumer watchdog makes formal complaint about confusing food label

Dutch News  

The Dutch consumers association Consumentenbond has made an official complaint about the government’s decision to approve the use of a controversial food labeling system for one more year, news agency ANP said on Tuesday. The association said last month the blue ticks used to encourage shoppers to make ‘considered’ or ‘healthy’ food choices should be scrapped from packaging. The association …

Repackaging the idea of fast food: How chains are trying to adapt
9 years, 2 months ago

Repackaging the idea of fast food: How chains are trying to adapt

LA Times  

In burger-studded Los Angeles, the battle is heating up as Shake Shack, an East Coast favorite, opens its first California location in West Hollywood this year. Join the conversation on Facebook >> “It’s price wars,” said Warren Solochek, president of the food service practice at research firm NPD Group. “If your key competitor does something that you think will give …

Quality mark explosion confuses customers, damages confidence
9 years, 2 months ago

Quality mark explosion confuses customers, damages confidence

Dutch News  

There are so many quality and safety labels for food and other products that consumers are losing their trust in them, according to new research by the consumers and markets authority ACM. ‘Organisations and companies which hand out these quality labels would do well to end the current explosion,’ ACM board member Anita Vegter said in a statement. Dozens The …

Quality mark explosion confuses customers, damages confidence
9 years, 2 months ago

Quality mark explosion confuses customers, damages confidence

Dutch News  

There are so many quality and safety labels for food and other products that consumers are losing their trust in them, according to new research by the consumers and markets authority ACM. ‘Organisations and companies which hand out these quality labels would do well to end the current explosion,’ ACM board member Anita Vegter said in a statement. Dozens The …

Food labeling is sensible, but within limits[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 9 months ago

Food labeling is sensible, but within limits[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Consumers shop in a supermarket in Nantong city, East China's Jiang province, Oct 5, 2012. There's "green food", "organic food", "non-GMO" food, "agro-product geological indication", "safety food", those with "no food additives", "no antibiotic residues", "no pesticide residues", "no edible pigments". As one of my friends, Liu Yuqi, said to me recently, "If a food product is not tagged with …

New Food Label Aims To Make Healthy Decisions Easier
11 years, 1 month ago

New Food Label Aims To Make Healthy Decisions Easier

NPR  

New Food Label Aims To Make Healthy Decisions Easier The Food and Drug Administration and the White House are expected to unveil a new food label this week. Well, Burkey Belser, who designed the current label, says if you go back to the origins of food labeling, it was never really about getting people to limit calories. Now, the nutrition …

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