"There is certainly no single way to go about solving this problem, and I know as you dig deeper into it today and you hear from the wonderful panel that you have chosen, you will start to hear that it is something we have to face on all fronts."
"In my own state, we have a supermarket chain that is also committed to zero food waste."
"We actually submitted a bill last week with Senator Blumenthal about date labeling to try to bring some sensibility into this."
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"Making sure that there are Federal funds available to municipalities who want to do that is another part of this."
"Our idea is to ask the USDA and the FDA to work together to create a label, one that says expires on, for those foods that really do have a safety issue."
"I would like to thank Chairman Conaway, Ranking Member Peterson, and Members of the House Committee on Agriculture for holding a hearing on food waste and for inviting me to speak today."
"I think you'll agree it's unconscionable that so much food ends up in landfills."
"I introduced a bill last week that has a pretty simple proposal: create two labels--one that says 'expires on' for food that really is unsafe to eat after a certain date, and another that says 'best i..."
"The recent Food Date Labeling Act introduced by Rep. Chellie Pingree (H.R. 5298) does just this."
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