To reduce food waste, scientists are making labels that track produce as it spoils

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 10:02 in Health & Medicine

A new type of use-by label for milk bottles that decomposes as the liquid inside goes sour could appear on UK supermarket shelves later this year. Labels such as these, capable of telling consumers exactly when fresh produce has gone bad, are being developed by scientists who want to stop food from being prematurely discarded. […]

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