Government aims to scrap sell-by dates

Household money

Robert Powell
Updated on 21 September 2011 | 22 Comments

New guidelines have come into force urging supermarkets to phase out sell-by dates on food labels. But will this really curb excessive household food waste? Robert Powell reports...

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