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FDA on Food Waste and Food Safety: What About Expiration?

April 3, 2023 by Linda Larsen

The FDA is offering information on food waste and food safety, or what do you need to know about expiration dates? Most products have a “best by” or “best if used by” date stamped somewhere on the container. What do they mean? And can you eat a food that is past that date? This information … Read more

FDA Addresses Consumer Confusion Over Use By Dates

June 18, 2019May 28, 2019 by Linda Larsen

Frank Yiannas, who is Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy and Response for the FDA, wrote a letter to the food industry on May 23, 2019, addressing consumer confusion over “Sell By,” “Use By,” and “Best If Used By Dates,” as they probably contribute to food waste in the United States. The USDA’s Economic Research Service … Read more

FDA on Food Waste and Food Safety: What About Expiration?

FDA Addresses Consumer Confusion Over Use By Dates

Rossdown Farms & Natural Foods Meal Starters Black Chicken Recalled For Soy

Ricky Joy Sour Crush Candy Bottles Recalled For Choking Hazard

Whole Foods Cabricharme Cheese Recalled For Undeclared Egg

Evergreen Fresh Broccoli Sprouts Recalled For Salmonella

Ofood Ssamjang Original Soybean Paste Recalled For Peanuts

Iceberg Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak Ends With 12,883 Sick

Evergreen Fresh Broccoli Sprouts Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 22

GreenWise Frozen Blueberries E. coli O145 Outbreak Sickens 17

Midwest Poultry Eggs Salmonella Outbreak Ends With 134 Sick

Evergreen Fresh Broccoli Sprouts Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 16

Rossdown Farms & Natural Foods Meal Starters Black Chicken Recalled For Soy

Ricky Joy Sour Crush Candy Bottles Recalled For Choking Hazard

Whole Foods Cabricharme Cheese Recalled For Undeclared Egg

Iceberg Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak Ends With 12,883 Sick

Evergreen Fresh Broccoli Sprouts Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 22