Shops selling food items past their best before date?
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Shops selling food items past their best before date?
Is that even legal?
B&M in Chippenham, selling Tiger nuts a month past it's date (for 10p)
Same shop selling Walkers French Fries, multi pack, 3 weeks after best before date for 20p.
Didn't that used to be illegal? Items near their best before date, fair enough. But 3 weeks out of date?
Has this changed now or is it in the small print with the best before v use by dates?
B&M in Chippenham, selling Tiger nuts a month past it's date (for 10p)
Same shop selling Walkers French Fries, multi pack, 3 weeks after best before date for 20p.
Didn't that used to be illegal? Items near their best before date, fair enough. But 3 weeks out of date?
Has this changed now or is it in the small print with the best before v use by dates?
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Is it past best before date or past sell by date?
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French Fries, Best Before 29/03/14
I did wonder if they would get round the legalities because of the BB date not UB.
I did wonder if they would get round the legalities because of the BB date not UB.
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I think they can if it is longer shelf life food and the food has not deteriorated to a point where it is not safe to eat
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Re: Shops selling food items past their best before date?
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Eggs I keep in the fridge and have never seen a use by date on a carton. I have used them several weeks after buying them and have not died yet.
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they should be printed on the actual egg i believeSurprised wrote:Eggs I keep in the fridge and have never seen a use by date on a carton. I have used them several weeks after buying them and have not died yet.
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Bunners wrote:they should be printed on the actual egg i believeSurprised wrote:Eggs I keep in the fridge and have never seen a use by date on a carton. I have used them several weeks after buying them and have not died yet.
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Re: Shops selling food items past their best before date?
Apparently nobody who has died from eating out of date food has ever complained.
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eggcellentSurprised wrote:Bunners wrote:they should be printed on the actual egg i believeSurprised wrote:Eggs I keep in the fridge and have never seen a use by date on a carton. I have used them several weeks after buying them and have not died yet.
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Our chooks often lay in odd places and it can be a while before we find them. We do tend to float test them but they last for ages. Amazing design.Surprised wrote:Eggs I keep in the fridge and have never seen a use by date on a carton. I have used them several weeks after buying them and have not died yet.
Re the OP, I'd be glad if shops were less fussy about dates. Some stuff obviously needs to be more closely controlled (e.g. milk) but lots of things last much longer than the dates suggest and this causes massive amounts of food waste.
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We generally apply the sniff test to most stuff in our house.....and before any smart arse suggests it...no not for eggsDrBunker wrote:Our chooks often lay in odd places and it can be a while before we find them. We do tend to float test them but they last for ages. Amazing design.Surprised wrote:Eggs I keep in the fridge and have never seen a use by date on a carton. I have used them several weeks after buying them and have not died yet.
Re the OP, I'd be glad if shops were less fussy about dates. Some stuff obviously needs to be more closely controlled (e.g. milk) but lots of things last much longer than the dates suggest and this causes massive amounts of food waste.
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