Under the new voluntary plan, only two standard labels will appear on food: «use by» for perishable items, indicating the last day they can be safely consumed, and «best if used by,» indicating the last date of peak quality for the product. (flwprotocol.org)
Whereas in Copenhagen there was an effort to browbeat countries into accepting targets for reducing carbon emissions, Paris is about collecting voluntary plans for action drafted by individual countries. (donaitkin.com)
None of Mr. Pataki's proposals involving mandatory curbs were among the projects described by Dr. Watson, who focused on voluntary plans like inventories of the gases. (nytimes.com)