Items Tagged with 'food labels'

Decernis LLC, Washington, D.C., formed a new partnership with Label bank Co. Ltd., Japan, to bridge the gap between consumers and businesses with in-depth knowledge of food labeling.

Americans throw out billions of pounds of food every year because they falsely believe "sell-by" and "best-before" dates on package labels indicate food safety, according to a study published by Harvard Law School and the Natural Resources Defense Council, New York.

More than half of U.S. consumers often read the food label when buying a product for the first time.

A new food label designed to provide easy-to-understand nutrition information soon will be added to several major processors' product packaging.