Impact of consumers’ understanding of date labelling on food waste behaviour

Luiza Toma1, Montserrat Costa‐Font1, Bethan Thompson2
1SRUC,King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK
2University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK

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