About the group
As part of the 2015 Circular Economy Action Plan, the Commission has sought to examine ways to improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, with the support of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste and its sub-group on date marking.
Date marking was a regular item on the agenda of the Platform in order to facilitate exchange of information on initiatives implemented in Member States.
At the first meeting of the Platform under its second mandate (2022-2026), it was agreed that a subgroup would continue its activity to support work at EU level in relation to date marking and food waste prevention, as laid down in the Farm to Fork Strategy.
More information about the background and tasks of this sub-group can be found in its Terms of reference:
See the full list of the sub-group members (under the section "Members")
Previous Meetings
7 November - online (Webex) - Meeting of Date Marking sub-group
- Agenda
- Summary
- Presentation - Food Waste Free United on a new date labelling coalition
- Presentation - The French ‘Antigaspi’ label, presentation by the Ministry of Agriculture, France
- Presentation - Recyclable packaging materials and the effect on the shelf life of chicken and white fish fillets, presentation by The Norwegian Consortium
- Presentation - ‘Best before - often good after’ - experiences on date labelling in Sweden, presentation by the Swedish Food Agency
- Presentation - Impact across the food supply chain by Too Good To Go
4 December - online (Webex) - Joint meeting of Date Marking and Food Waste Prevention and Consumer Food Waste Prevention sub-groups
- Agenda
- Summary
- Presentation - Setting the scene how to use date marking today by the Netherlands
- Presentation - Danish consumers' interpretation of date labels by Aarhus University
- Presentation - Impact of onpack information on consumers' understanding of expiry dates and food waste behaviour by WUR
- Presentation - Preliminary findings from a study in 8 MSs on drivers of consumer food waste by EUFIC
- Presentation - Applying date marking on food products – the perspective of HKScan Sweden AB
- Presentation - A case study on date marking of yogurt products – presentation by Unilever
- Presentation - A case study on date marking of yogurt products – presentation by Danone company
5 July - On-line (Teams)
- Agenda
- Summary
- Presentation – WRAP’s latest research on date labels and consumer behaviour – WRAP
- Presentation – The Netherlands: Preventing food waste by using visual date marking cues – the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality; Wageningen Food & Biobased Research
- Presentation – Norway: Improving understanding and use of date marking to support behavioural change – experiences from use of additional labelling – Matvett SA
- Presentation – Date marking practices - Date label removal for fruit and vegetables – WRAP