Media Coverage of National Guidance for Standardized Date Labels

On February 15, 2017, the Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association launched a new initiative to standardize date labels on food packages. The voluntary initiative, which follows recommendations FLPC has been advocating for, encourages retailers and manufacturers to only use one of two standard phrases on consumer facing food packing: “best if used by” and “use by.”

• Chicago Tribune, February 21: Big changes planned for the sell-by dates on food packaging
• Climate Action, February 21: New standardised labels to reduce food waste in the U.S.
• Faribault Daily News, February 21: As some look to alter food date labels, Faribault Foods sees no need with canned product
• Consumer Affairs, February 20: New sell-by labels aim to reduce confusion, waste
• Star Tribune, February 20: In the drive to reduce food waste, a turning point nears on date labels
• Philly.com, February 19: Changes planned to the sell-by dates on food
• Coloradan, February 17: Use by? Best by? New food labels could clear confusion
• USA Today, February 17: Use by? Sell by? New food labels aim to make it easier to know
• The Christian Science Monitor, February 16: Can new labels take a bite out of food waste?
• CBS This Morning, February 16: Food industry works to simplify expiration labels
• Washington Post, February 16: You’re about to see a big change to the sell-by dates on food
• Food Business News, February 16: New date label wording to cut food waste
• Waste Dive, February 16: Food industry trade groups release voluntary date labeling guidelines
• Mic, February 15: Newly released food expiration dates finally make sense, which will save Americans billions