Currently, the United States has no standardized approach to food date labeling. States currently establish their own date labeling regulations, which has led to endless variations in language around quality, safety, and sell-by dates. The result is confused consumers and businesses, and perfectly good food being thrown away every day.

The bipartisan Food Date Labeling Act (S.2541) would fix this by establishing a federal date labeling regulation, bringing the number of acceptable labels down to just two.

This won't just reduce food waste, but take aim at its associated methane emissions. Given that methane is a super-pollutant 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide—and 58% of U.S. landfill methane emissions are caused by food waste—this is a major opportunity to slow global heating.

Two big wins from one bill... let's make it happen!