A new study by Dalhousie University in Halifax finds that the average Canadian household throws away $761 worth of food every year based on best-before and expiration dates, but that almost a third of that is owing to confusion over what those dates actually mean.

The research, conduced in partnership with Too Good To Go , a Copenhagen-based company dedicated to reducing food waste, found that many Canadians are unaware of the meaning of food labels.

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Expiration or expiry dates refer to food that is likely no longer safe to consume. Three-quarters of respondents to a recent survey knew that, but 14 per cent thought it referred to the food having passed its best quality, and another eight per cent thought it was merely to recommend that stores no longer sell it.

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