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>Now the words are the same, but still determined completely arbitrarily. That's the point it's not arbitrary under the new law. 'Best by' will mean peak quali
by Suppafly 2y ago
>Now the words are the same, but still determined completely arbitrarily.
That's the point it's not arbitrary under the new law. 'Best by' will mean peak quality and 'use by' will mean the last date safety is guaranteed. Previously 'best by' had no relationship to quality and was just a made up date to convince people their items were spoiling faster than they were. I suppose 'peak quality' for the best by date might feel arbitrary, but at least will need to be somewhat justified now.
I understand that the linked article is paywalled, but it's pretty easy to find other sources that aren't by googling words from the headline.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoMy information comes from reading the law. It is shorter than the article. Companies can put a Best by date of whatever they want on the product. They can pull it out of their butt, absolutely no justification required. They don't have to include a safety used by date, unless they already did. Literally the only thing that changed is the wording allowed if you choose to label with a Best by date. I link the actual law ab660 elsewhere in this thread if you want to look at it. I think it's wild how much misinformation and confusion there is about this minor change. I blame this on the legislature trying to hype up their nothing law into some major achievement, and news agencies shamelessly trying to make a story out of it.