Food Date Labeling Standards
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-10 — NO TIME TO Waste Act: cross-connection with food-loss-and-waste: A 50% waste-reduction goal and model local policies intersect with consumer-facing date-labeling standards frequently cited as a driver of household food waste. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-01-13 — Food Date Labeling Act of 2025: Food Date Labeling Act of 2025 (HR4987) introduced to establish two uniform voluntary phrases — ‘BEST If Used By’ for quality dates and ‘USE By’ for discard dates — on food labels, with express preemption of differing state and local date-labeling requirements (infant formula excluded). (novelty: 3)