But ReFED estimates that 7% of U.S. food waste — or 4 million tons annually — is due to consumer confusion over “best before” labels.

Best-before labels emerged as major villains. People assume food past the date on a package is spoiled, Philippe said.

But ReFED estimates that 7% of U.S. food waste — or 4 million tons annually — is due to consumer confusion over “best before” labels. Date labels were widely adopted by manufacturers in the 1970s to ...

ReFED estimates that seven per cent of U.S. food waste — or four million tons annually — is due to consumer confusion over “best before” labels.

In a North American first, Too Good To Go's 'Look-Smell-Taste' food label encourages Canadians to use their judgement before tossing past-dated foods By Laura Brehaut Published Jun 18, 2024 ...

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A national study says confusing and unnecessary best-before labels are a major cause of food waste in Canada. The National Zero Waste Council says consumers are confused about what best-before labels ...

The majority of Canadians are against eliminating "best before" dates on food packaging in a push to reduce food waste, according to a report from the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie ...

Morrisons removed “use by” dates from most store-brand milk in January and replaced them with a “best before” label. Co-op, another grocery chain, did the same to its store-brand yogurts.

But ReFED estimates that 7% of U.S. food waste — or 4 million tons annually — is due to consumer confusion over “best before” labels.

‘Best Before’ labels cause confusion By: Dee-ann Durbin, The Associated Press Posted: 11:19 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 Last Modified: 11:29 AM CDT Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 Advertisement Tweet ...