Bill Carr

Tiffany & Co.

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Learn the Truth About Expiration Dates

#3 Reduced Food Waste

I will spend at least 5 minutes learning how to differentiate between sell by, use by, and best by dates.

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How does knowing the difference between use by, sell by, and best by dates empower you to make better decisions?
Bill Carr 4/22/2019 10:02 AM
I learned that it's important to consider the actual language on a "sell/use/best by" citation and that in general these dates are more of an indicator of peak freshness/quality of a product rather than indicating when it will spoil or become inedible. We could prevent lots of wasted food if we didn't misinterpret "sell by" dates!

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