Super Agers-InfoTrak: Expiration Dates

Dana Gunders, Project Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council's Food and Agriculture program in San Francisco recently co-led a study with Harvard researchers that concluded that dates printed on packaged foods often confuse consumers, leading many to throw out food before it actually goes bad. She said the dates are intended to indicate freshness rather than whether a product is unsafe to eat. She would like to see new government regulations that would standardize food labeling and make it less confusing for consumers.