Expiration Dates

[DaWhim]

:Q:Q:Q thanks for the head up
but I buy meats a day before it expires 😀
great price for meat indeed

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: BCinSC
They need to pull and donate BEFORE expiration date. Cost of doing business is having enough of the items your customers want and appropriately dealing with surplus. Granted it doesn't rot instantly (depending on item), but no one should think it's right to offer expired food to those in need. No where in the world, expecially America, should anyone be hungry or eating rot.

We pull dairy products 3 days before the sell-by date. How early would you suggest pulling them, so they would still be donatable? Many of the things we have only have a shelf life of a few weeks. Gotta make money, can't pull this stuff too early.

besides the fact that by the time hey are picked up by the people they were donated too and distibuted they would be expired..

alot of stuff also gives a partial credit back to the company for expired goods...if a store is managed well waste due to expired items can be minimal...it shouldnt be that big of a concern.

 

[BCinSC]

As food banks would likely use them quickly, 2-3 days is certainly enough.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
As food banks would likely use them quickly, 2-3 days is certainly enough.

By the time it is pulled, picked up by the food bank, and distributed, those 3 days would most likely be passed. This is assuming the food bank picked up stuff every day.

 

[Ness]

You have to realize that a lot of items have a "sell by" date that is not the same as an expiration date. These are items such as meats and milk that go almost as fast as they are placed out for sale. Milk can sit in a fridge for close to a month before turning sour, but the sell by date is usually only 4 or 5 days after it is placed on the shelf.

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
FDA requires all food stuffs to have an expiration date.

Sorry, but I call bull on that statement. Here is a link to the FDA website. Please find a relevant regulation or CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) statute that explicitly states all food stuffs are required to have an expiration date.

 

[MaxDepth]

I drink milk when it has expired and I rip off the tag on other people's mattresses.

watch out! I'm dangerous.

 

[Ynog]

Only food I care about expiration dates on, is milk and bread.

 

[Pex]

i see ppl all the time checking dates for sauces, milk, eggs, bread, and other perishable items.

 

[rh71]

I guess we take for granted that people are supposed to do their jobs and remove out of date items... cause we hardly check except for bread.

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN

Originally posted by: Eli
You do realize that when food(besides perishables-meat, etc) becomes expired, the stores just give it to the local food banks so the less fortunate can have food?

It's not like it's instantly maggot filled and toxic once the date passes. Just reach around the old stock and grab new.

a lot of big name stores will not do this....for fear of beign sued over someone becoming sick from eating 'expired' food

Yep, I worked in a produce department and we used to give bags of lettuce to a charity, and he told us to never put "expired" lettuce in there.

 

[Thraxen]

FDA expiration date info

 

[Sundog]

Selling food past the expiration date in some cases is not a violation of FDA's regulations or law........Because the expiration date is not indicative of product quality if storage conditions have been less than optimal, FDA does not require expiration dates on most products. An exception to this answer is that expiration dates are required on drugs. The dates required on infant formula products are "use by" dates, not "expiration" dates. A consumer using the infant formula product before this date is assured that the product meets nutritional and quality standards.

 

[StageLeft]

Hmm, I'd not think to check that stuff, but I should. I generally only check dairy, which I always check...

 

[KillaBong]

Honey is good forever.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Hmm, I'd not think to check that stuff, but I should. I generally only check dairy, which I always check...

Do you work for the Department of Redundancy Department? 😉

 

[RagingBITCH]

I always pay attn like many others to the date too.

 

[BCinSC]

I pay attention to dates, which is why I notice so often they've gone by. I've gotten this way because of having bought things in past without being so careful. Given the general state of laziness, especially in customer service, I should always assume the worst and expect things to be expired. Boy, that's cynical, eh?