A recent study on date stamping shows that confusion over date marking and other food label information contributes to as much as 10 percent of the annual 88 million tonnes (97 US tons) of food waste in the European Union across all sectors—from manufacturing to the consumer—and everything in between on the supply chain.
The study, “Market study on date marking and other information provided on food labels and food waste prevention,” was prepared for the European Commission by ICF in association with Anthesis, Brook Lyndhurst and WRAP.