“Discard after” or “do not consume after”would be better for actual food safety, much more direct and literal. But there are plenty of times I’ve eaten something after the “use by” date - not a long time after, but the food was still good.
The problem is that you cannot guarantee a date for which something may go bad. It would end up still being a freshness date, because you can guarantee that. Semantics, I know, but could you imagine someone suing because a can of tuna was still edible despite its “do not consume” date?
But that was kinda my point, I understand that food can be good past a “use by”. But if people want to make it literally about safety there should be a “do not consume” date.
“Discard after” or “do not consume after”would be better for actual food safety, much more direct and literal. But there are plenty of times I’ve eaten something after the “use by” date - not a long time after, but the food was still good.
The problem is that you cannot guarantee a date for which something may go bad. It would end up still being a freshness date, because you can guarantee that. Semantics, I know, but could you imagine someone suing because a can of tuna was still edible despite its “do not consume” date?
People will sue for any reason.
But that was kinda my point, I understand that food can be good past a “use by”. But if people want to make it literally about safety there should be a “do not consume” date.
I’d like to have a label that detects if the food is still good. That would be nice.