Americans have struggled with the many food labels and their meanings for years. Sell by, best by and best if used by -- what are the differences? Now, the Food and Drug Administration wants to make ...

Expiration dates aren't expiration dates. That's what Andrea Collins, a sustainable food system specialist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said about the dozens of differently phrased date ...

Confusion about whether food is safe to eat after “sell by,” “use by” and “best by” dates accounts for an estimated 20% of food wasted in the home, according to FDA, which is why the agency and USDA ...

According to the Save the Food campaign, we waste about 40 percent of our food. For example, people throw out canned goods past its expiration date. In reality, labels like the “Use by” and “Best by” ...

Two of the most influential groups in the food industry are asking companies to change those pesky "expiration" or "sell by" labels on packaged food. The labels, you see, don't mean what they appear ...

In the U.S., there is growing momentum to standardize the language on date labels to help educate buyers about food waste. In this Sept. 15 photo, a customer looks at refrigerated items at a Grocery ...