www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39747327
Man on news this morning saying that Best Before dates on food should be scrapped because they are meaningless, and lead people to throw away perfectly good food which is safe to eat but might be less than optimum condition. Also huge confusion between "use by" dates on short shelf-life products like dairy and meat which should be adhered to, and "best before" which is a quality indicator.
I am very relaxed about best before - quite happy to eat things weeks or months "out of date", especially tins or packets. A tin of tomatoes which has a shelf life of 2 years isn't going to kill you if you eat it a fortnight into May when the best before date is the end of April.
So yes, scrap them. And stop everyone being so silly about food waste.
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TinfoilHattie · 30/04/2017 11:33
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