Canadians mistaking best before and expiry dates are discarding . . . A woman checks the expiry date — or is it the best-before date? — of an item in her fridge (Credit: iStockphoto) A new study by Dalhousie University in Halifax finds that the average Canadian household throws away $761 worth of food every year based on best-before and expiration dates, but that
New study demonstrates how much food is wasted because of date labels And out of all this money, $246 is linked to best-before-date confusion,” says the company’s Nicolas Dot The release of the results is part of a wider campaign to highlight how much food is wasted in Canada and how much of that can be traced back to myths and misconceptions about date labels
Best Before Dates Confuse Canadians, Study Finds The findings suggest that misreading or overvaluing best before dates has become a significant contributor to unnecessary waste, costing Canadians hundreds of dollars each year at a time when food affordability remains one of the country’s most pressing concerns
Are you throwing out food for no reason? ‘Best before’ dates might be . . . A new study commissioned by social impact company fighting food waste, Too Good To Go, and conducted by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab shows that 40% of Canadians toss out food items when they’re past the ‘best before’ date — even if they’re still edible
Canadians still don’t understand best-before dates on food A new large-scale study, commissioned by Too Good To Go and conducted by Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab quantifies the annual cost of food waste related to best-before dates confusion in Canadian households
Best before: B. C. residents wasting tons of edible food over a . . . Do you know the proper way to interpret the best-before dates on your food? It turns out that many B C residents don’t, according to a new study from Too Good To Go and Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab that reveals how much food is going to waste The report, which surveyed households across the country, found that the average Canadian household wastes $246 of “perfectly
Canadians need more information on best before dates in order to reduce . . . On average, Canadian households waste $246 worth of edible food per year due to Best Before dates confusion Seventy per cent of Canadians understand what the best before date means, yet four in 10 still discard food past that date even when it’s edible
What Best Before and Expiry Dates Mean in Canada - Cansumer Many Canadian consumers treat “best before” dates like expiry dates, with 25% relying on them as an indicator of food safety and 65% throwing out unopened food because the date had passed according to a 2022 survey by the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University and the Angus Reid Institute