The FDA renders its decision on food expiration date labels
Labeled cans of peas and carrots sit on a pallet for delivery at the Del Monte Foods facility in Mendota, Ill., in 2017. Peas are canned and cooked within four hours of harvest, on average. By Laura Reiley Laura Reiley Reporter covering the business of food Email Bio Follow May 23 at 1:49 PM The Food and Drug Administration weighed in Thursday on a question that Americans have struggled with for years: Is it O.K.
Industry and advocates agreed that was confusing for consumers — and a driver of food waste, with people tossing food that was perfectly safe to eat.Current date labels on packaged foods aren’t user-friendly, Frank Yiannas, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for food policy and response, said in a phone interview Wednesday.
And so after a two-year effort by industry, the FDA on Thursday came out with its own guidance on labels, saying it favored a single designation to guide consumers when they opened the cupboard or fridge door: ” "We worked with consumers about which label conveys the information best, and consumers overwhelmingly chose ‘best if used by,’ ” Yiannas said. “If there’s a date label that’s about a food-safety issue, at this point they have the latitude to put whatever terminology they need to convey that risk.”The FDA opinion is not binding on industry. “Food producers have the liberty to put date labels on foods however they choose,” Yiannas said.
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