{"id":140,"date":"2019-06-19T20:55:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/?p=140"},"modified":"2019-06-19T20:55:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:55:21","slug":"food-date-labeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertymanagement.us\/fda-support\/2019\/06\/19\/food-date-labeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Date Labeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All packaged foods<\/a> are required to bear labeling as per FDA regulations<\/a>. There are mandatory elements of labels which must be present. Some elements of labels are not made mandatory by FDA, but some labelers may choose to adopt them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Federal Law, manufacturers of packaged foods are not required to place quality-based date labels on their products except for infant formula. Manufacturers may choose to voluntary put date labels on their product but as there are no uniform descriptions used on food labels<\/a> for dating in USA, a wide variety of phrases are used for product dating such as \u201cUse before\u201d, \u201cSell By\u201d, \u201cExpires on\u201d, \u201cBest By\u201d etc. to describe the dates to indicate when a food may be at its best quality. On survey in 2007, FDA found that most consumers are not able to distinguish between different date labeling phrases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to USDA, in USA, 30 percent of food is lost or\nwasted at retail or consumer level. This implies that about $161 billion worth\nof food is thrown away every year in USA. US FDA believes that food wastage is\ndue to consumers fears about food safety and their misunderstanding of the\nmeaning of terms on packaged food labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FDA has recently issued an advisory letter to the food\nindustry supporting standardizing of voluntary date labeling if the date is\nsimply used for quality not safety. Such standardization can provide consumers\nwith information that is easy to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FDA strongly supports manufacturers use of phrase \u201cBest if\nused by\u201d when they choose to apply a quality date label. This makes consumer\nunderstand that the date label is about quality of product not its safety and\nthus do not have to be discarded after the date if stored adequately. If the\nproducts have changed noticeably in color, smell or texture, consumers may\navoid eating them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure your product labels are FDA compliant, you can use LMG\u2019s label review service. Our experienced label team goes over each element of label with you in detail resulting in a fully compliant label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Namrata<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FDA Regulatory Consultant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

support@libertymanagement.us<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.fdahelp.us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published on: June 19, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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