Have a Loaf of Bread Past Its Best By Date? It’s Still Edible

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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It’s tempting to discard a carton of milk or a loaf of bread once it’s passed its “best by” date. But that “expiration” date only means that food is no longer at its freshest – it’s still perfectly safe to eat. Every year, Americans toss millions of pounds of edible food into landfills, contributing to climate change and exacerbating food insecurity issues. We’ll talk with food waste experts about how to interpret expiration dates and make the most of the surplus in our food system. Guests: Dana Gunders, executive director, ReFED; author, "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook" Yasmin Tayag, staff writer, The Atlantic Diana Lara, executive director, Food Finders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.5	If you're like most people, you check out the expiration dates on food you buy at the grocery store,
0:59.8	or find hidden in the back of your refrigerator.
1:02.6	But what do those labels mean?
1:04.6	Are they about food safety, taste, and food quality?
1:08.0	Well, in fact, expiration dates on food are meaningless.
1:10.9	But they lead to millions of pounds
1:12.5	of perfectly good food
1:13.8	being tossed in the garbage,
1:15.6	even as people go hungry.
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