EU: Europe wants to extend list of products without mandatory best-before date

04 June 2014

 A large majority of EU Member States wants the European Commission to extend the list of products not requiring a best-before date. That is the outcome of the proposal from the Dutch Minister for Agriculture and her Swedish counterpart to combat food waste.
Products such as pasta, rice and coffee have a good chance of being added to the list. The packaging of these products still indicates a best-before date, even though these products cannot really expire. Consumers must be better informed about the confusing date information on products and a study must be conducted to find out if more European legislation would contribute to even higher food waste (government.nl, 20 May 2014).
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