What Do Expiration Dates Really Mean by Georg Giebel-Ruiz https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586 By: Georg Giebel-Ruiz en-us 2018-03-12 13:50:51 UTC 2018-03-14 14:29:24 UTC hello@padlet.com giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240875622 On average Americans waste 640$ of food each year. 20% of the food waste is caused by misleading expiration dates; according to a British study]]> 2018-03-12 14:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240875622 Main Terms giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240893638 2018-03-12 14:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240893638 Expire giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240894439 To not be valid after a certain time period]]> 2018-03-12 14:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240894439 Expired Date giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240897543 The date when a product goes bad]]> 2018-03-12 14:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240897543 Product Date giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240898422 Tells how long you can store the food without being opened]]> 2018-03-12 14:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240898422 Sell-by Date giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240899008 Recommended date tells the store how long it can display the food for sale]]> 2018-03-12 14:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240899008 Use-by Date giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240901522 Recommended date to use the product for the best quality]]> 2018-03-12 14:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240901522 Consumer giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240903411 A person who buys a product]]> 2018-03-12 14:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240903411 Problem/Solution giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240905628 To prevent a lot of food waste, Norway made their products use something else other than "use-by". They are saying "best-before" and this makes consumers think that they need to use this before instead of saying use-by which makes less of a rush on the consumer.]]> 2018-03-12 14:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/240905628 Text to Self giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241397506 I had milk that was expired and it smelled horrible so I had to throw it out]]> 2018-03-13 14:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241397506 Text to World giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241398522 A lot of people think that when something has hit its expiration date it goes instantly bad and that is not true for all foods.]]> 2018-03-13 14:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241398522 Product Dates Are Misleading giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241412172 According to the FSIS  Product dates are not safe to use (except in baby foods). These dates are not a mandatory to put on foods except for baby foods. So people can put false expiration dates on these without worrying.]]> 2018-03-13 14:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241412172 Citations giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241602449 Pictures and GIFs from Padlet

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Boffey, Daniel. “MAX Open Activities How Norway Is Selling out-of-Date Food to Help Tackle Waste.” Newsela, The Guardian, 28 Aug. 2017, newsela.com/read/elem-norway-food-waste-supermarket/id/34007.

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]]> 2018-03-13 19:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241602449 Food Waste In America giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241849281 According to the National Resources Defense Council, a New York City-based environmental watchdog agency 40% of all edible food in America is wasted each year.]]> 2018-03-14 13:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241849281 The NRDC's Recommendation giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241888980 The NRDC says to refrigerate your food and pay attention to the expiration dates all of the time.]]> 2018-03-14 14:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241888980 Sell-by Dates are Not True Sometimes. giebegeo000 https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241891006 False notions that food is unsafe. Some 91% of consumers occasionally throw food away based on the "sell by" date out of a mistaken concern for food safety even though none of the date labels actually indicate food is unsafe to eat.]]> 2018-03-14 14:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/giebegeo000/gz9yaowe3586/wish/241891006