Helping everyday consumers make informed choices.
Without expiry dates, there are people who don’t know how to tell if food is bad or safe. Of course, experts would advise you to err rather than jeopardize your safety. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “confusion over the multitude of different date labeling terms on food products accounts for about…
This is an effort to get food labels explained. Greg was on a shopping trip to the local grocery store when he found a food pack with a conspicuous print that reads ‘natural.’ Spontaneously, he bought this special food pack that costs a few dollars more than the regular variants of the same item. It…
“It’s cleaner if I rinse it first, right?” Claire asked. It was then that Meredith realized that her daughter needed an explainer on the potential hazards of washing chicken before cooking. Like Claire, many people ask this question innocently. Some people don’t even bother asking and spontaneously align with the longstanding chicken-washing myth. However, there…
Understanding how to defrost meat safely is a crucial step in avoiding the hazards associated with handling frozen meat. Imagine yourself forgetting to take out the Sunday turkey, and it’s already time to start meal preparation. What do you do with frozen meat? Leave it on the counter, or put it out in the summer…
The Industrial Revolution brought mass-produced, processed foods and some of today’s common food additives. Some people ubiquitously see monosodium glutamate (MSG) on food labels, but can’t tell what it is. Fret not if you fall in this category, because you’re not alone. Today, most commercially processed foods contain additives. This makes it necessary to understand,…
