Here’s the first thing to understand: most food date labels are about quality, not safety. Manufacturers use many of these ...

Sell-by dates in New York City are spoiled rotten. A quick peek inside your refrigerator and you may see the following phrases on your food: “sell by,” “best if used by,” or “use by,” but what do they ...

You'll no longer see phrases like ‘expires on,’ ‘best before,’ or ‘sell by’ on most packaged foods sold in California—instead ...

As part of National Food Safety Month, Hans Weding, Extension registered dietitian and certified ServSafe instructor who has led numerous food safety training courses for professionals in the food and ...

Date labels. Expiration dates. Best-by dates. Whatever you call them, at some point, you’ve probably squinted at those tiny dot-matrix-printed numbers and wondered: “Does this mean my cheese might ...

Did you know the average household throws away thousands of dollars in perfectly good food every year? A massive driver of ...