If you don't know when a product is considered unsafe, then at least you should know when it was produced to know if it is fresh enough for "YOUR"your consumption.
It shouldn't be up to the govt to decide what is or isn't fresh enough for you. That is your choice.
Most consumers have no idea how long something is good for past it's produced date though.
>It shouldn't be up to the govt to decide what is or isn't fresh enough for you.
That's sorta what the law is addressing. They are getting rid of meaningless 'best by' type labels that have no bearing on the product quality.
Confusing use by labels only benefit corps by allowing them to over buy and then let their inventory spoil on the shelf while they charge full price for year old garbage.
If customers knew when their food was made, people would be grossed out and not buy rice cooked 8 months ago from the refrigerated section. it would force corps to have more sales to rotate inventory more often.
That sounds like it would increase food waste because consumers have no idea how long things commercially prepared should be allowed to be sold for and would be basing it on flawed assumption from their own cooking.
Agreed that a "Produced on" date is better.