Deciphering food date labels can be confusing. These time stamps are in place for a good reason (they are great for helping you know how long something has been in the back of your fridge or pantry, for helping provide a point of reference of when it’s at its freshest, and for helping industry keep tabs on the food it produces), but confusion over date labels can lead to unnecessary food waste. We’re here to help you make sense of them so you can avoid wasting perfectly good food, and save money

Noticed THIS on labels at Sainsbury’s? 👀👇🏻 Can you guess what the date means..? Yeah, it’s not the end date - it’s actually the start date. But we do know that on average, Sainsbury’s Nectar Price offers last 2 weeks (sometimes 3 weeks), and they tend to end on a Tuesday. So if you’re in store, about to buy something, and you work out it’s *probably* close to expiry - might be a good time to stock up on some more! Hope this helps you out when you’re next shopping! I post tips like this and tr

“I think it’s far easier to tell everyone, as long as it’s past the use-by, expiry or best-before date, the food is unlikely to be fit for consumption and they should think carefully about consuming that food,” said Dr Koh Poh Koon in response to MP He Ting Ru's question on whether the Government will consider updating and standardising such date labels. https://str.sg/kbe7 | The Straits Times