Minimizing food waste is top of mind right now during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the lack of regulation and general understanding of food date labels leads to billions of dollars per year in food ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies promising strategies for reducing consumer food waste nationwide, including a national campaign ...

A new recommendation from the USDA aims to standardize food labeling while cutting back on food waste and overall confusion over when food actually goes bad. The organization suggests that ...

As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate ...

We’ve known for quite some time that food waste is a growing global issue, impacting the world’s economy and environment. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that processing wasted food ...