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Expiry Dates

Jampy00 said:
I think for perishable products a BB Date is a pretty good thing. Did not say perfect... Many exceptions, both in products and the people that eat them...
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I would go along with that point if best before was related to food safety. As it is, it seems to be far more related to appearance. Yogurt separates. Stir it and you are good again. Print the date around the time you expect mold, printing it around the time of separation is the problem they are trying to fix with millions of tons of healthy food in the garbage.
 
It's worth noting, for the purposes of this conversation, that products that have a "durable shelf life" greater than 90 days are already not required to have a best before date.

Date labelling on pre-packaged foods - Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Information about dates on pre-packaged food is a valuable source of information for consumers.
inspection.canada.ca inspection.canada.ca
 
GreyGhost said:
I would go along with that point if best before was related to food safety. As it is, it seems to be far more related to appearance. Yogurt separates. Stir it and you are good again. Print the date around the time you expect mold, printing it around the time of separation is the problem they are trying to fix with millions of tons of healthy food in the garbage.
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Sorry, when I stated BB Dates on perishable foods it was related to food safety, Just assumed this was a given. But shame on me for assuming.. :ROFLMAO:
 
FullMotoJacket said:
Six of one, half dozen of the other. Bottom line, there needs to be some easy way for the consumer to tell how long something's been sitting on the shelf, otherwise you have the scenario of a customer picking a cottage cheese IED (as I described in post #9) off the shelf without knowing.
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NOT "Six of one, half dozen of the other". The difference is that one fools people into tossing safe food for profit, the other lets you know how fresh the food is. That's not an insignificant difference.
 
GreyGhost said:
I would go along with that point if best before was related to food safety. As it is, it seems to be far more related to appearance.
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There's more to it than that. Taste, texture, home shelf life. Eg: paying $4+ for a loaf of fresh, zero preservative bread. Am I going to grab the one off the front of the rack that is still "best before" for a day or the back that is 4-5 more days. Sure, the first one is still edible after 4-5 days, but the crust and edge is going hard. If you're paying a premium over a $2 loaf of "Wonder Bread" with a 3 week half life you're going to want to get one that's going to have a consistent taste and texture. Now if you buy a loaf of fresh bread, put it on the counter, and the next day there's a bag with the heels left in it, it may not matter as much. If it's only you eating the bread and it's going to take a number of days to use it up, that's a different situation.
 
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