The FDA provides guidance explaining food ingredient and packaging terms that help businesses better understand labels, ...

Federal law does not require most food expiration dates. Learn how food date labels work and what really signals spoilage.

California's standardized food date-labeling law requires uniform wording for quality and safety dates while eliminating ...

A new California law designed to standardize food expiration labeling and reduce food waste will take effect starting July 1.

California bans ‘sell by’ labels on food packaging that have long left shoppers unsure whether food is simply past its peak ...

California will replace "sell by" labels with labels using standardized language in an effort to reduce food waste.

During the 1990s, America struggled with E. Coli 0157:H7 in our food. Lives were lost, many of them children, and other victims were left with life-changing disabilities. Throughout that time, a very ...

You'll no longer see phrases like ‘expires on,’ ‘best before,’ or ‘sell by’ on most packaged foods sold in California—instead, shoppers will see the same two terms across brands.

Food labels can be confusing, and telling the difference between similar-sounding claims on food packages is sometimes downright baffling. Does “multigrain” mean “whole grain”? Which will have less ...

A slate of new state and federal laws took effect Wednesday, including an increase in California's gas tax and other laws that impact how you repay student loans and the way your groceries are labeled ...

Half of Americans (53 percent) feel like food labels are sometimes misleading, new research suggests. In fact, mistrust in food labels extends to 11 percent of Americans who find food labels to be ...

A new food labeling law in California is aiming to cut down on food waste. The new law, which bans the use of all "sell by" ...