296. Fighting Food Waste Through the Emerson Act
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)
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Is the Emerson Act Never Attributed to a Federal Agency?
There was nowhere in the emerson act where congress said to any government agency, you know, wright regulations or produce guidance on this. And i think partly it's because these are very legal questions. So without congress really saying to an agency like you have the authority here, i think the agencies feel really scared that they're not the ones with the authority to make interpretations. It would instruct us d a to explain the quality and labelling and safety provisions that need to be met by food. I think, like this question comes up all the time about food past the date. If the company knows that that date is about freshness and not safety, then,you know, it be
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