Best-by vs. expiration dates

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Lots of Hotline questions ask about expiration dates, which are mostly unregulated and often have nothing to do with food safety.  Today's San Francisco Chronicle has a story about California's efforts to bring some order to the system and to cut food waste.  I thought Food52ers might like to check it out http://www.sfgate.com/food...

Greenstuff · Answer

You're certainly right about the demise of the Chronicle's food section.  But in this case, the article, written by food writer Tara Duggan, ran on the front page.

Smaug · Answer

Nice to see the Chron Food section come up with an article with some substance.  Once an outstanding section, it has degenerated into a lot of puff pieces about restaurants and wineries and random reprints from blogs. I hope some of it's former writers have landed somewhere good.

Best-by vs. expiration dates

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