Introducing commonsense bill to standardize food date labeling
- Abstract
The current dizzying array of date labels on food products—such as “sell by,” “use by,” and “expires on”— confuses consumers and contributes to 90 percent of Americans prematurely tossing perfectly safe food
- Resource Type
- Legislation/testimony
- Author
- Chellie Pingree
- Resource URL
- https://pingree.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/introducing-commonsense-bill-standardaize-food-date-labelng
- Date
- May 18, 2016
- Organization Type
- Us fed gov
- Health and Human Impact
- Food security
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Food/crops
- Solution
- Sustainable agriculture/local food systems
- Other
- US policy Policy United states