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Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies
Coverage of Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies in the Nexus archive.
- Scientists say you've been throwing away perfectly good meat because of one common mistake
Scientists at Auburn University are rethinking food packaging dates to reduce food waste, revealing that sell-by dates for meat are often overly conservative and based on color changes rather than safety. Using microbiology and AI, they tracked microbial changes in ground beef to predict spoilage more accurately, aiming to prevent unnecessary meat discards and economic losses.