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A food labelling mandate in California raises national implications

03/22/23 7:31 AM By Brad Hooker
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A new measure in the Legislature would ban the use of “sell by” dates on food products and mandate food packaging adopt “best if used by” or “use by.”
KEYWORDS California regulatory mandate food safety outbreaks food waste from American consumers sell-by, use-by and best-if-used-by dates
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Brad Hooker
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Agri-Pulse West