Congress Takes Action Against Household Food Waste With Bipartisan Bill Introduction

🗑️ As we approach the final stretch of the U.S.’s national goal to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030, the time is ripe for meaningful change, particularly preventing food waste from households which collectively contribute at least 40% of all food waste in the U.S.. Congress has an opportunity to help tackle America’s food waste problem via the bipartisan Food Date Labeling Act introduced this week.

Nearly 10% of all wasted food in the U.S. is due to confusion over how to interpret food date labels—often mistakenly thought of as “expiration dates.” The numerous types of date labels confuse consumers who believe their food will make them sick when more often the manufacturer is intending to relay a guarantee of peak freshness.

We need Congress to pass the Food Date Labeling Act so that more Americans across the country know to sniff the milk, sample the cereal, and taste the soup before tossing out food prematurely.

By Andrea Spacht Collins

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