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Consumers are confused by what Use By and Best If Used By labels mean on their food, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. In an online study involving 2,607 U.S. adults, only 64% could correctly explain what the Best If Used By label meant. Just 44.8% were able to describe what the Use By label meant.
Giving consumers a brief explainer of what each label meant increased the level of understanding. Post-explanation, 82% could correctly articulate what a Best If Used By label meant, and 82.4% properly explained what Use By meant.
Date labeling is not federally standardized and has historically been more of a source of confusion than information about whether food is good to eat or should be thrown away.
Just when you thought you were in the clear to stock up on toilet paper again, wood pulp, the primary raw material used to make, it is getting more expensive. We ve never seen monthly price increases like this in the history of the business, said Brian McClay, a pulp industry analyst. It s unheard of. Prices for market pulp have jumped from $606 USD per metric ton in September to more than $907 per metric ton in April, McClay said. A combination of factors has driven prices higher, including a post-COVID recovery in China, the biggest buyer of pulp in the world, and global shipping delays, he said.
Rising wood prices are making your toilet paper more expensive
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business
Published May 8, 2021 10:31:14 AM
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(CNN) Just when you thought you were in the clear to stock up on toilet paper again, wood pulp, the primary raw material used to make it, is getting more expensive. We ve never seen monthly price increases like this in the history of the business, said Brian McClay, a pulp industry analyst. It s unheard of.
Prices for market pulp have jumped from $606 per metric ton in September to more than $907 per metric ton in April, McClay said.
A combination of factors has driven prices higher, including a post-Covid recovery in China, the biggest buyer of pulp in the world, and global shipping delays, he said.
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