Like many other industries around the world, the medical device industry currently creates large amounts of waste. Fortunately, there are ways to counter this, and one of the simplest ways to combat ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies promising strategies for reducing consumer food waste nationwide, including a national campaign ...

Minimizing food waste is top of mind right now during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the lack of regulation and general understanding of food date labels leads to billions of dollars per year in food ...

Legislation aimed at redirecting food that would be wasted to hungry Americans would make it easier for stakeholders to donate food and reduce the risk that consumers prematurely throw away food that ...

A new recommendation from the USDA aims to standardize food labeling while cutting back on food waste and overall confusion over when food actually goes bad. The organization suggests that ...

As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate ...

Last month, I wrote a post about food waste in Dallas and the fact that there doesn’t seem to be much effort by local restaurants to do their part in lowering waste by recycling. Today we turn our ...

A new bipartisan, bicameral bill has been reintroduced in Congress that aims to standardize and clarify food date labels to reduce food waste. The Food Date Labeling Act, brought forth by the ...

Date labeling variations on food products contribute to confusion and misunderstanding in the marketplace regarding how the dates on labels relate to food quality and safety, according to a scientific ...