When in Doubt, Throw It Out! The Complicated Decision to Consume (or Waste) Food by Date Labels

Norbert L.W. Wilson, Ruiqing Miao and Carter S. Weis

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, vol. 34, issue 01

Abstract: Consumers find food date labels confusing. Industry groups and policy makers intend to resolve the confusion by creating a single label for safety and another for quality. In a survey of consumers concerning anticipated consumption given various date labels, we find differential responses across products, leading us to conclude that new labels may not necessarily reduce waste.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.283544

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