My editorial current event this week is called “the truth behind the sale by date” written by Anne Marie Chaker, from The Wall Street Journal. In this article the author talks about how 30%-40% of food is wasted. which is $161 billion dollars worth of food. Yet, terms such as sell-by, use-by and best-before don’t indicate the safety of food, as many people believe. My author thinks that food should not be thrown out just based on the date. Sell by just means the product needs to be sold by and can still be eaten. I agree with the author that food should not just be wasted. This affects the world because it is wasted food that should be eaten or given away. “Expired” food will not always make you sick.