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'One date' food labels 'will cut waste'

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The government is proposing changes to try and make food labelling clearer, by removing the "use-by" and "best-before" dates on packaging.

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, and the Daily Telegraph's food columnist, Rose Prince, debate food labelling.


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