If products are not stored or rotated properly in distribution, then older products or those of lesser quality and perhaps compromised safety because of abuse during distribution, will reach the consumer, indicating a serious problem in the distribution chain and causing loss of confidence in the food category.

Presently, the lack of uniformity among manufacturers and across state borders has made the practice of open dating confusing and misleading for consumers, retailers and the government.

Open Dating of Foods addresses these issues, and provides scientific and legal background to both evaluate and influence federally-regulated open-dating legislation in the United States.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Background and Rationale
3. Temperature Abuse and Time-temperature Integrators
4. Establishing an Open Date
5. Current Practices
6. Current Regulations
7. Proposed Regulation
8. Judicial action
9. Perishable Refrigerated Products and Home Practices Survey
10. Conclusions

Appendices

• Proposed 1999 TTI Legislation in Italy
• Canadian Open-Dating Legislation F&D
• NIST Handbook 130 - Uniform OPen Dating Regulation as Adopted by The National Conference on Weights and Measures
• Extended List of State Regulations on Open Dating
• European Union
• 1999 Legisalative Proposal
• Proposed Federal Open-Dating Regulation
• Alabama Safe Foods Act of 2000

Index

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