Best Before Date

[Darts]

The best before date may have already exceeded its best before date.
Ottawa may soon be investigating the elimination of ‘best-before’ dates on groceries | The Star

 

[tml]

And make them easier to read!!!

 

[bazokajoe]

The only reason Ottawa would eliminate the expiry date is to benefit the grocery stores.

 

[Mr Deeds]

I think it's a great idea. The amount of food being wasted because bbfd are used is horrific. If you need to know how long something will last just Google it you'd be surprised

 

[black booty lover]

The only reason Ottawa would eliminate the expiry date is to benefit the grocery stores.

Isn’t there a difference between best before dates and expire dates?

Like I think milk has an actual expire date, where as something like BBQ sauce has a best before date.

 

[Mr Deeds]

Isn’t there a difference between best before dates and expire dates?

Like I think milk has an actual expire date, where as something like BBQ sauce has a best before date.

You're right but most people think it's the same thing

 

[Jenesis]

Being this is TERB, I thought this was going to be a debate on the age a woman is “past her prime”. ????

 

[Darts]

Isn’t there a difference between best before dates and expire dates?

Like I think milk has an actual expire date, where as something like BBQ sauce has a best before date.

They should still keep the expiry date. I would hate to buy milk that is 20 years old.

 

[Darts]

Being this is TERB, I thought this was going to be a debate on the age a woman is “past her prime”. ????

The career of an SP like that of a hockey player is a short one. Soon the phone will stop ringing, the adoring fans will disappear and the music will stop. That is the reality.

 

[anon1]

"According to legend, the Capone family, who had a big hand in the U.S. dairy industry in 1930s, lobbied for dating on milk when a family member got sick after drinking contaminated milk."

The truth behind ‘Use by’ and ‘Best before’ dates | Safefood

safefood microbiologists investigate food labels and why we need them.

www.safefood.net

 

[K Douglas]

How can you not have best before dates on fresh items like eggs, milk, fish and meats?

 

[DiscreetRocker]

To those talking about expiry dates: No one's talking about removing expiry dates. The expiry date is only required on a few categories of food and it communicates when that food will expire.

This article and the government's current consideration is whether to remove best before dates which are a completely separate thing. Best Before dates only communicate when the product is at its best.

Expiry Date: Don't consume after this date. No one's talking about changing it.

Best Before Date: It's still totally okay to consume it just might not be perfect. People are talking about removing them because with food prices getting out of control, poverty increasing, and people struggling to even survive, the government is concerned hungry people are throwing away good food.

And instead of addressing the out of control economy, or ensuring "best before" dates accurately communicate what the heck they mean to ensure people don't throw out good food, or any other solution to the problem... they're talking about getting rid of them altogether.

 

[Ponderling]

To those talking about expiry dates: No one's talking about removing expiry dates. The expiry date is only required on a few categories of food and it communicates when that food will expire.

This article and the government's current consideration is whether to remove best before dates which are a completely separate thing. Best Before dates only communicate when the product is at its best.

Expiry Date: Don't consume after this date. No one's talking about changing it.

Best Before Date: It's still totally okay to consume it just might not be perfect. People are talking about removing them because with food prices getting out of control, poverty increasing, and people struggling to even survive, the government is concerned hungry people are throwing away good food.

And instead of addressing the out of control economy, or ensuring "best before" dates accurately communicate what the heck they mean to ensure people don't throw out good food, or any other solution to the problem... they're talking about getting rid of them altogether.

I will miss 'best before' dates if they finally disappear.
Because I do dumpster diving at Shoppers 4-5 times a month
And on average month the finds add up to at least $200-300 worth of things like:
-Eggs with one in dozen broken.
-Bacon being tossed for being in a 500g pack.
-Milk with one of the three bags leaking.
-Almond milk short dated.
-OJ past BB date, that tastes fine for us three weeks after said date.
- Crackers and chocolate that still taste just fine past BB dates.
-Muffins with one a bit moldy, but other 5 good if fridge stored and eaten soon.
-Tons of returns on all sorts of things that basically have nothing wrong with them
-Lots of cleaning products that are slow leakers, that we bring home and repour into an old empty containers we have kept around for these sort of situations.

 

[johnd5050]

I will miss 'best before' dates if they finally disappear.
Because I do dumpster diving at Shoppers 4-5 times a month
And on average month the finds add up to at least $200-300 worth of things like:
-Eggs with one in dozen broken.
-Bacon being tossed for being in a 500g pack.
-Milk with one of the three bags leaking.
-Almond milk short dated.
-OJ past BB date, that tastes fine for us three weeks after said date.
- Crackers and chocolate that still taste just fine past BB dates.
-Muffins with one a bit moldy, but other 5 good if fridge stored and eaten soon.
-Tons of returns on all sorts of things that basically have nothing wrong with them
-Lots of cleaning products that are slow leakers, that we bring home and repour into an old empty containers we have kept around for these sort of situations.

Are you serious or joking ?

 

[Ponderling]

Are you serious or joking ?

Serious - it may not be for everyone, but suits our household just fine.
I looked at our expenses for past 12 months not long ago, that I track pretty carefully in Quicken.

There is certainly rampant food inflation, but we have not actually paid more over all for groceries in last 12 months.
But what we spend it on is for nicer fresh fruit and veggies, because tons of other things come to the household for free from dumpster diving.

I am in the burbs, so dumpsters are pretty clean
I am not fighting with raccoons in back alley restaurant dumpster, if that is the image that dumpster diving brings to your mind.

 

[shack]

Being this is TERB, I thought this was going to be a debate on the age a woman is “past her prime”. ????

What do you think we are? Misogynistic pervs?

 

[Mr Deeds]

What do you think we are? Misogynistic pervs?

?

 

[shack]

?

I hope you don't spend too much time thinking about it.

 

[poker]

Being this is TERB, I thought this was going to be a debate on the age a woman is “past her prime”. ????

22.

?‍?

 

[angrymime666]

seriously... the government is going to waste more money chasing after bullshit. first world problems sucking the money out of our pockets