Are you OK? Chances are, yes, because as it turns out, those “best by,” “use by” and “sell by” food labels are — with some exceptions — not about safety. “With the majority of ...

Grocery expiration labels can be intimidating, especially for dairy and meats. Manufacturers give their best guess as to when food will reach its peak quality with phrases like “best by,” “use by” and ...

Just how accurate are those sell by/use by labels? We bought a selection of foods on a single day and then, with top nutritionists, we judged which labels really told the truth. Remember ...

The FDA has strict definitions of these sell-by and use-by labels, some of which are important to know. The sell-by date is ...

Professor Emily Broad Leib, an expert in food law at Harvard University in the US, surveyed more than 2,000 Americans who were shown eight different labels. These included “use by”, “sell by ...