http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-176932 New Dream Blog » Blog Archive » Food Expiration Dates: Suggestion, or Drop-Dead Date? Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:36:01 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/#comment-176932 [...] Jonathan Bloom at the Wasted Food blog is something of an expert in the fine distinctions between moldy and inedible. While there is hope that manufacturers could move to using a sensor that reflects food’s actual status rather than a static date, he points to this article from Culinate for tips about what to put in your mouth without putting your life in your hands. 1. “Sell by” versus “use by.” The former term is intended for vendors, to let them know how long to display items on store shelves. The latter term is for consumers. 2. Date labels are conservative. 6. Donations bonus. Expiration dates are a boon for food donations, as they create a steady supply of edible but not sellable food. If the dates didn’t exist, stores might keep items on the shelves until they actually started going bad. [...] [...] Jonathan Bloom at the Wasted Food blog is something of an expert in the fine distinctions between moldy and inedible. While there is hope that manufacturers could move to using a sensor that reflects food’s actual status rather than a static date, he points to this article from Culinate for tips about what to put in your mouth without putting your life in your hands. 1. “Sell by” versus “use by.” The former term is intended for vendors, to let them know how long to display items on store shelves. The latter term is for consumers. 2. Date labels are conservative. 6. Donations bonus. Expiration dates are a boon for food donations, as they create a steady supply of edible but not sellable food. If the dates didn’t exist, stores might keep items on the shelves until they actually started going bad. [...]

]]> http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-81761 Living Green Below Your Means » Blog Archive » Food Expiration Dates: Suggestion, or Drop-Dead Date? Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:36:35 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/#comment-81761 [...] Jonathan Bloom at the Wasted Food blog is something of an expert in the fine distinctions between moldy and inedible. While there is hope that manufacturers could move to using a sensor that reflects food’s actual status rather than a static date, he points to this article from Culinate for tips about what to put in your mouth without putting your life in your hands. 1. “Sell by” versus “use by.” The former term is intended for vendors, to let them know how long to display items on store shelves. The latter term is for consumers. 2. Date labels are conservative. 6. Donations bonus. Expiration dates are a boon for food donations, as they create a steady supply of edible but not sellable food. If the dates didn’t exist, stores might keep items on the shelves until they actually started going bad. [...] [...] Jonathan Bloom at the Wasted Food blog is something of an expert in the fine distinctions between moldy and inedible. While there is hope that manufacturers could move to using a sensor that reflects food’s actual status rather than a static date, he points to this article from Culinate for tips about what to put in your mouth without putting your life in your hands. 1. “Sell by” versus “use by.” The former term is intended for vendors, to let them know how long to display items on store shelves. The latter term is for consumers. 2. Date labels are conservative. 6. Donations bonus. Expiration dates are a boon for food donations, as they create a steady supply of edible but not sellable food. If the dates didn’t exist, stores might keep items on the shelves until they actually started going bad. [...]

]]> http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-40212 Emily Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:31:35 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/#comment-40212 Or maybe our 'fridges would know and would tell us when something was going to expire? My great hope for the future is a refrigerator that will read the rfids and know what I have and what I need to get at the store. Or maybe our ‘fridges would know and would tell us when something was going to expire? My great hope for the future is a refrigerator that will read the rfids and know what I have and what I need to get at the store.

]]> http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-40189 Jonathan Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:36:40 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/#comment-40189 That's a great question--how would we know about the date. I'm guessing that when each shipment came in, it'd be "read" by a scanner connected to a printer that would somehow print the expiration date on each item. But I'm not sure. Maybe that's what the researchers are working on now, because I doubt people would bother to check online. Would you? That’s a great question–how would we know about the date. I’m guessing that when each shipment came in, it’d be “read” by a scanner connected to a printer that would somehow print the expiration date on each item. But I’m not sure. Maybe that’s what the researchers are working on now, because I doubt people would bother to check online. Would you?

]]> http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-40183 Alana Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:49:58 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/09/25/improving-expiration-dates/#comment-40183 That's cool. I'm all for avoiding check out line at the grocery and knowing if things are actually still good, although we commonly go over the "expiration" date. But do you have to look up the date online then? That’s cool. I’m all for avoiding check out line at the grocery and knowing if things are actually still good, although we commonly go over the “expiration” date. But do you have to look up the date online then?

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