Tax, tax, tax. Do they not have any other ideas?
Yes, there is a lot of wasted food - by restaurants and stores - because of the phony expiration date formula.
Are they suggesting that we kill a few more people? In and out of the womb. Or, perhaps let disease, viruses and poisonous snakes take over the human race.
How about these so-called researchers limit their food intake to grass and clover. Then we can milk them instead.
“Tax, tax, tax. Do they not have any other ideas?”
I realize your question was rhetorical, but here is the answer anyway...
How best to implement social engineering schemes which result in substantial ongoing wealth transfers from producers to consumers, than via taxation?