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"Almost half of the food purchased by American consumers is thrown away unnecessarily because of confusion over \u201Cuse-by\u201D dates. A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Harvard Law School's Food Law and Policy Clinic, found that American\u2019s waste millions of pounds of perfectly good food\u2014about 40% of the entire U.S. food supply\u2014because they mistakenly believe that passed \u201Cuse-by\u201D dates mean that the item is now unsafe to eat. Researchers said that the dates on boxes of food, cartons of eggs and canned goods are simply an indication of optimal freshness, and have nothing to do with risks associated with food-borne sicknesses. Though Congress is looking into legislation and new FDA requirements that would help clear up some of the confusion, in the meantime, you may want to wait before tossing that box of Fruit Loops sitting in the back of your pantry\u2014it\u2019s probably still good after all \u2026"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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