Food and sell by dates and such

10/06/2009 by paul.

Just seen a report that stated the government was going to withdraw the requirements for shops to display “sell by” and “best before” dates on food, on the basis that this encourages households to throw away their food prematurely. The thinking being, that too much food is thrown away because people are worried about food poisoning…hells bells !  That is when I buy the food because it is reduced.  I also hear that sales of pork in some markets has reduced because people are worried about catching “swine flu”……durr
Then, whilst waiting in the queue at the local post office, I notice all the tobacco packets with “smoking kills” and “smoking kills everyone else around you” etc. in large letters.  But that does not seem to effect the sales…most wierd
Actually, just thought about the premature throwing away of food……must be all the MPs throwing away their old food, since they can alway buy more, and claim it on expenses 

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