If you know you're dealing with expired food -- moldy, stale, discolored or curdled -- you can always use a countertop ...

The origins of food expiration dates are a bit murky. There's one oft-told story about Chicago gangster Al Capone and how a ...

Freeze by: This date is a recommendation of when a food item should be frozen “to maintain peak quality,” says the FSIS. If you haven’t guessed by now, none of the common food date labels is ...

When it comes to date labeling, it’s guidance for “how fast to consume [the] food before the quality deteriorates,” Abby Snyder, an associate professor of food science at the Cornell College ...

Legislation by state Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) would address this by mandating clearer food date labeling. Assembly Bill 660 would require food sold in California to use one of ...

Most Americans occasionally throw away food just because of the date on the label and many always do. But these 'sell by' or 'enjoy' by dates don't indicate the food isn't safe. Here's what they mean.

A “best before” date is seen on a package of pasta, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Boston. The United Nations estimates more than 900 million tons of food is thrown away worldwide each year.

If the food looks or smells odd, don’t risk it, no matter what the date says. According to the USDA Food and Safety Inspection Service, these are some of the commonly used phrases used on labels ...