NJ A1418

Standardizes food date labels to use only two phrases: "BEST if Used By" for quality dates (indicating when food quality may decline but is still safe to eat) and "USE By" for elevated-risk dates (indicating when time/temperature-sensitive foods become unsafe)

Prohibits retail food facilities from selling food labeled with "sell-by" dates or other stock-rotation dates visible to consumers, though coded formats not easily readable by consumers are permitted

Allows sale and donation of food past its quality date, but prohibits retail sale or donation of food after its elevated-risk date

Requires the Commissioner of Health to establish a public education program explaining the difference between quality and safety date labels and teaching consumers proper food handling

Updates milk product labeling requirements from "sell by" or "not to be sold after" to the standardized "BEST if Used By" quality date format, with alcoholic beverages exempt from all provisions