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WEF Encourages Eating Expired Food
[WEF] Klaus baby strikes again.
  • Apples, potatoes and broccoli are among hundreds of food items to have "best before" dates removed from their packaging in the UK.

  • Food stores Waitrose and Marks & Spencer hope the move will cut down on food waste.

  • Date labelling on food is confusing and is a key part of the food waste problem, experts say.

  • Tomatoes, apples, potatoes and pears are among 500 food and plant products to have "best before" dates removed from their packaging by a supermarket in the United Kingdom.

Waitrose said the move was part of its commitment to help customers cut food waste at home by 2030.

According to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a UK climate action charity, 70% of the 6.6 million tonnes of food thrown away by UK households every year could have been eaten.

Another UK food retailer, Marks & Spencer, announced last month that it was removing "best before" dates from the labels of more than 300 fruit and vegetable products. This covers 85% of its fresh produce, M&S said, and includes the "commonly wasted" items of apples, potatoes and broccoli....
Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-09-19
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