Can I Still Eat This? (IMAGE) American Chemical Society Caption An estimated 133 billion pounds of food gets thrown out every year in the United States, so understanding when your food goes bad is important to help reduce waste. This week, Reactions talks food expiration-date misconceptions and gives you some guidelines to answer that age-old question: can I still eat that? Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/LFKVKshX5tQ. Credit American Chemical Society Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.