Establishes standards for food date labeling; requires Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate guidelines related to food safety.

New Jersey's A1418 bill establishes standardized food date labeling requirements, requiring manufacturers to use "BEST if Used By" for quality dates (indicating when food quality may decline but it remains safe) and "USE By" for elevated-risk dates on time/temperature control foods (indicating when safety risk increases). Retailers must not sell food after an elevated-risk date, cannot display "sell-by" dates on consumer-facing labels (unless coded and unreadable), and are not liable for manufacturer labeling errors. The bill also mandates the Commissioner of Health to create a public education program explaining label meanings and safe food handling, applying to most foods except alcoholic beverages.