date:Jul 21, 2012
h the EU is really focused on reducing food waste, the legal requirement to include date marks on packs stops the food industry from looking at technologies that could reduce food waste by indicating the condition of the product inside the pack.
De Ferrante said:Implementing this type of active packaging rather than relying solely on date stamps would mean we wouldnt have to throw away food that was still edible.
Japanese lead the pack
By contrast, in Asia, de Ferrante said that active and in