Tesco to scrap use by dates on 30 products to cut down on food waste

Customers will be encouraged to ‘use their own judgement’ to decide if food is edible

Tesco is set to scrap ‘use by’ dates from 30 of its yogurt products (Getty Images)

Tesco is planning to remove the use-by dates on 30 of its dairy products in a bid to cut down on food wastage.

The use-by date will be replaced by a best-before date on products such as Tesco’s own Greek Style Yoghurt, Creamfields Greek Style Yoghurt, Creamfields Berry Medley Low Fat Yoghurt and Finest Lemon Curd Yoghurt.

Tesco said that the move will “prevent perfectly edible food from being thrown away” by encouraging customers to “use their own judgment on whether to eat a product”.