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In late September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation banning the use of “sell-by” dates in the state, instead requiring standardized language for date labels. The move, Food ...
Confusing date labeling leads to food waste. California is the first state to sign a bill banning the use of sell-by dates on food product packaging.
Rather different is the use of a time limit for the use of items like vouchers, gift certificates and pre-paid phone cards, so that after the displayed date the voucher etc. will no longer be valid. Bell Mobility and its parent company, BCE Inc. have been served with notice of a $100-million class-action lawsuit alleging that expiry dates on ...
A tag sealing a bag of hot dog buns displays a best before date of February 29.. Best before or best by dates appear on a wide range of frozen, dried, tinned and other foods. . These dates are advisory and refer to the quality of the product, in contrast with use by dates, which may indicate that the product may no longer be safe to consume after the specified dat
In 2009, Viva! criticised supermarket chain Tesco for turning 5,000 tonnes of meat that had passed its sell-by date into electricity by burning it to avoid wasting the meat. Viva! argued converting out-of-date meat into heat with CO 2 as byproduct was not environmentally sustainable, but Tesco defended its decision. [10] In 2012, Viva! stated ...
California's new law is not as harsh as some in other states, such as Pennsylvania's milk labeling law, which requires the "sell by" date to be no more than 17 days after the product is pasteurized.
The production date for canned meats was a requirement in the legislation that Senator Albert Beveridge introduced but it was later removed in the House bill that was passed and became law. [2] The law was partly a response to the publication of Upton Sinclair 's The Jungle , an exposé of the Chicago meat packing industry , as well as to other ...