M&S scraps 'best before' dates on fruit and veg to cut food waste

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M&S scraps 'best before' dates on fruit and veg to cut food waste
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The High Street giant becomes the latest food retailer to take action to stop food being binned at home.

Use by labels are the dates until which perishable food can be cooked and consumed safely. Best before guidance, meanwhile, is for when the product should be consumed to get the best quality, taste and texture.up to manufacturers to decide whether to apply a use by or best before date

on their products. It will depend on factors such as how the food is made and how risky it is, it said. The move away from best before dates could also help supermarket profits as they battle to keep the cost of everyday essentials down as food prices soar.In January this year, Morrisons announced its plan to remove use by dates from 90% of its own brand milk and encouraged customers to use a "sniff test" instead before throwing products away.in favour of a best before date as guidance.

M&S has committed to halve food waste by 2030 as part of its sustainability roadmap, with all of its edible surplus to be redistributed by 2025. Andrew Clappen, director of food technology at M&S, said it needed to "do all we can to make sure none of it gets thrown away" and encouraged customers to "get creative with leftovers".

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