"When it comes to
sell-by dates, I make a decision based on smell."
SMELL-BY DATE; Store chiefs use sniff test to check if food is off
Store manager Jacqui Challinor said they were committed to reducing their impact on the environment by making positive use of goods near or on their
sell-by date.
Bouquets for hospice
Fruit, vegetables, bread and cheese were the items most likely to be eaten after their
sell-by dates, according to BBC Good Food Magazine.
Food shock
So what are we to make of the
sell-by date? "Egg quality isn't affected for quite a long time, which allows for storage beyond the
sell-by date," says Jones.
An egg story: does the date mean "too late"?
Three siblings running Yi Jin King Egg Products were freed on bail Tuesday after their company was accused of delivering eggs past their
sell-by date to supermarket chains.
Taiwan company accused of selling eggs past sell-by date
Jamie Oliver is our favourite celebrity chef, Delia Smith is past her
sell-by date and Nigella Lawson makes us fat, according to a survey.
Jamie's still king of the TV kitchens
Each package has a
Sell-By date of May 13-June 22 and bears the establishment number EST.
Meat Recall Broadened To Encompass 468,000 Pounds Of Manda Packing Co Products
WARRINGTON legend Lee Briers is adamant he will not play on past his
sell-by date.
LEE'S FINAL BID
Sell-by date April 11, 4,000AD.' The lesson, I think, is that if unpackaged, untreated meat can survive for 14,000 years in a natural deep-freeze without assistance from health and safety gnomes and the Woolly Mammoth Eating Advisory Panel, we should be slightly less respectful of
sell-by dates.
Let's meat again
"But with a fifth of people throwing away all items past their
sell-by date, we are wasting a lot of the food we buy."
Hungry Brits scoff old grub
They also found examples where the
sell-by date was obscured by the price label.
Corner shop sandwiches fail to cut the mustard; 27% on sale were past sell-by date
Asda Stores Ltd was also ordered to pay pounds 6,985 costs after pleading guilty to 11 offences of displaying
sell-by date items in the Brade Drive branch.
'Dated' food costs pounds 19,000; Asda in court over food past its sell-by date
She claimed the
sell-by date system to ensure the freshness and quality of food could easily be changed by staff, who would wipe out existing dates and write in later dates.
Supermarkets flout food guidelines; RETAIL
Cardiff magistrates ordered owners of three stores in the city to pay up after stocking produce past its use-by or
sell-by date.
Fined over out-of-dateshop food