The Search for Expiration Dates in the Supermarket

Whenever I select a food or beverage product in the supermarket that I tentatively plan to purchase, I first attempt to identify the expiration date on that food product.
And that search for the expiration date can be very difficult as well as time-consuming. Some companies put the expiration date near the bottom of their product; others put that expiration date near the top.
And often the expiration date is virtually impossible to read, since the type size is tiny or the expiration date information is stated in a very cryptic manner.
This is why I am hoping that the United States Congress will soon approve a new federal law requiring that the expiration date on each and every food item or beverage item must be placed in the same approximate area, and that certain clarity of communication and type-size standards must be met on each such expiration date being cited.

One possibility: Congress could require that the expiration date on a food or beverage item must always be provided near the very top portion of that food package or beverage container.

A federal "Consistency of Expiration Date Labels" requirement would save most American consumers dozens of hours of time per year.

That proposed new federal law would also help consumers to protect their own and their immediate family members' health.

The proposed federal law would do that by helping consumers to avoid purchasing a stale food or beverage product. After all, stale or spoiled food or beverage products could potentially be a source of food poisoning or otherwise harmful to the health of the consumer.