Currently there are more than 10 different confusing
date labels on packages, it's going down to two.
Thus steps to facilitate food donations, improve
food date labeling, and better educate consumers will be vital.
Product date labeling changes may result in reduced consumer food waste, but clearing up this confusion is just one of several ways to combat the issue moving forward.
Much of this can be prevented with proper understanding
of date labels.
For outreach programs aimed at consumers, provide clear messaging
around date labeling and leverage technology and communication platforms to enhance consumer knowledge about food preservation and safety.
Please do keep in mind; this is just one of a wide variety of options for an expiration
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The artists have cast 12 crackers in bronze for each unique pack, and each comes with a signed, numbered and
dated label detailing the contents.
Thus steps to facilitate food donations, improve
food date labeling, better manage portion sizes, and better educate consumers will be vital.
In February, the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the two largest U.S. trade associations for grocery manufacturers and retailers, announced a new voluntary effort to
standardize date labels on food.
The Call to Action says retailers and food producers should take three important steps to
simplify date labels and reduce food waste by 2020:
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)-- a network of 400 of the biggest consumer goods companies across 70 countries — along with Champions 12.3 has approved a Call to Action to standardize food
date labels worldwide by 2020.
Streamlining date labels worldwide by 2020 could be game - changing in the fight against global food waste,» said Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive of Tesco and Chair of Champions 12.3
The poll findings clearly illustrate that the current range of variations of
date labels such as «best by, use by, sell by, use or freeze by,» found on food products around the country is problematic for consumers.
Consumers contribute most to the problem of lost and wasted food in the United States, and confusion
over date labels is one major reason why.
«Having worked for several years on this issue, I am thrilled to see GMA and FMI incorporate FLPC's recommendations and take this critical step towards
making date labels clearer, so that consumers can make better decisions and reduce needless waste of food and money.»
While product
date labeling changes may result in reduced consumer food waste, the majority of food waste continues to be from consumers so clearing up this confusion must be just one of several ways to combat the issue of moving forward.
Legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate and House on Wednesday to make food
date labeling less confusing and more consistent.
The product smells and tastes nothing like vanilla and it does not have an
expiry date label on it... That's too disappointing.
The FWRA advocates for educational efforts to increase public awareness around food waste issues
including date labeling, liability protection for donation, and source reduction.
To learn more, visit The Dating Game: How Confusing Food
Date Labels Lead to Food Waste in America.
The new voluntary initiative streamlines the
myriad date labels on consumer products packaging down to just two standard phrases.
Stasz cited statistics showing that confusion around product
date labeling accounts for only about eight percent of total food waste sent to landfills by consumers.
Finally, we
analyse date labels on packaging, look at insects as a source of sustainable food production and speak to small farmers about cocoa crops and production.
In a recent study,
date label standardization was identified as one of the most cost - effective solutions for reducing food loss and waste.
RELEASE: Companies Commit to Simplify Food
Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste Source: Press Release
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A short documentary shows how unregulated and
arbitrary date labelling is in the United States, and why we SHOULD be crying over spilled milk.
Currently, more than 10
different date labels on packages — such as Sell By, Use By, Expires On, Best Before, Better if Used By or Best By — can result in confused consumers discarding a safe or usable product after the date on the package.
(Washington, D.C.) A new poll shows that nearly 60 percent of Americans have had a discussion within their household about the meaning
of date labels on their food.
The announcement expands national efforts to streamline
date labels in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan to the rest of the world.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) In a new industry - wide effort to reduce consumer confusion about
product date labels, grocery manufacturers and retailers have joined together to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products.
The CGF Board of Directors unanimously adopted the Call to Action to
simplify date labels, including companies like Tesco, Kellogg, Walmart, Campbell Soup, Bimbo, Pick n Pay, Nestlé, Carrefour and Unilever.
Businesses from the Consumer Goods Forum and Champions 12.3 coalition have issued a call to action to simplify and standardise food
date labels worldwide by 2020 in a bid to reduce food waste as Champions 12.3 releases a progress report on global efforts to reduce food waste.
«Walmart has worked with its suppliers to support the use of
standardized date labels that provide consistent and transparent information to better reflect product's shelf life,» said Katherine Neebe, Director for Sustainability at Walmart.
Research shows that
date labelling such as «Best before date» is causing unnecessary food waste in households.
The Commission says it is looking at solutions to food waste, including how to end the confusion
over date labeling, and will issue a policy paper on the issue later this year.
Federal Policy Changes to Increase Food Recovery FLPC has identified several key areas, in addition to misleading
expiration date labels, where current laws create barriers to reducing food waste.
Every day, consumers around the world have to navigate a range of
date labels on food products, such as «sell by» and «best before», and the resulting confusion can be...
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a group of 400 consumer goods manufacturers from 70 countries, and Champions 12.3 have unanimously agreed for a Call to Action to standardise
food date labels worldwide by 2020.
More recently, the CGF also called for a global standardisation of food
date labelling to help reduce waste and consumer confusion around date labels.
The types of investments companies made include: quantifying and monitoring food loss and waste, training staff on practices to reduce waste, changing food storage and handling processes, changing packaging to extend shelf - life and changing
date labels.
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