Standardized Date Labels, Information Campaigns and Consumer Food Waste: Research and Response (WasteExpo 2021)

ReFED (Rethink Food Waste Through Economics & Data) and Ohio State University conducted research evaluating how the introduction of the Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association’s voluntary labeling standards affect consumer decisions and how this might inform decisions about date-labeling policies. Attendees will learn what this research yielded, and its salience in light of recent Federal legislative initiatives.

Speaker:
Kathryn Bender, Assistant Professor, Dep’t of Business & Economics, Allegheny College

Moderator: 
Kari Armbruster, Kroger Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Program Lead. OH Sue Marshall, CEO, NETZRO. MN