Allow food to be sold or donated after its quality date

Pingree supports requiring food manufacturers to choose whether each product carries a quality date or a discard date. The proposed bill would allow food to be sold or donated after its quality date, with the stated aim of getting usable food to people who need it.

Context: The passage does not specify how manufacturers would decide which date to use.

In their own words

allow food to be sold or donated after its labeled quality date

The source

Chellie Pingree: Supporting Education, Research, and Planning ↗

Published: Original date not established; campaign context manually checked
Retrieved: 11/10/2026