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Thursday, May 19, 2016

New Legislation Tries To Clear Up Confusion Over “Sell By,” “Best By” & Other Expiration Dates

Stroll around your favorite supermarket and you’ll see a cornucopia of deadlines stamped and printed on your food. That carton of milk says “Sell By,” the box of mac and cheese says “Best Before,” and the jar of horseradish has a “Use By,” none of which are official or necessarily an indicator of safety or quality, resulting in millions of pounds of food being wasted every year based on sometimes arbitrary dates. New legislation coming this week in both the House and Senate hopes to clear up the confusion over the many expiration date labels you find on food. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The "sell by" date on milk has always been the "throw that nasty sour sh1t out date" in my household. It begins to taste sour then, to me.

Anonymous said...

We definitely needed the government involved in the milk sell by date.

Thanks Government!

Oh, I sorta need to go to the bathroom. Is that OK?