USDA has released an update to its FoodKeeper mobile application building on the app’s food safety features to help eliminate food waste in the US. The app was also updated to allow Spanish and Portuguese-speaking users the ability to navigate the program in their own language. The next planned update, coming in September, will allow the app to alert users of food recalls and include instructional videos on proper handling and storage of food.
The update includes a new setting offering language options and the ability to display temperatures, weights and measures in imperial or metric units. In addition, the app now better syncs with smartphone and tablet calendars to improve its push notification function, which notifies users when food may be approaching spoilage.