Reuters: 'Best before' dates add to food waste: EU paper

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'Best before' dates add to food waste: EU paper

ATHENS (Reuters) - "Best before" dates on food add to a mountain of waste in Europe and could be scrapped for some long-life produce, a group of European Union states have argued in a discussion paper prepared for an agriculture ministers meeting on Monday.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654218/s/3a7dbcae/sc/7/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class="feedflare">
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