Households in the UK discard 9.52 million tonnes of food waste each year, and stats show that a huge 67 per cent of this is still edible. This means that the average UK household is spending £470 per year on food that ends up in the bin, and sometimes this can be down to confusion over whether food is still safe to eat or not. With the cost of living continuing to rise, learning about food safety and expiry dates is an important way to reduce unnecessary waste and ensure you're not risking your health by eating foods that have already gone off. To help, we've rounded up the answers to some need-to-know questions…

What do expiry dates really mean?

Expiry dates are the dates by which a food should be eaten. You may see different words on food packaging depending on the product - typica

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