"Words" matter in messages about food safety and freshness: Research

According to a recent study, changing the wording concerning expiration dates on food items could help minimize food waste.This research has implications for both the market effects of reducing food waste and governmental ideas about date labels. One of the unintended consequences of a more uniform approach to date labels is a potential increase in food waste. If all food manufacturers replace ‘best by’ dates with 'best if used by dates’, that might actually increase food waste.