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East of England Co-op began

 

a pilot program of offering out

 

dated “Best By” items for 10-15

 

cents per item.

 

 

 

“Use By” and “Best By” are two

 

different standards.  Observe

 

“Use By” – it means it could be

 

bad for you to consume after that

 

date.  “Best By”, however, means

 

it will still be good, just maybe not

 

as appealing visually.  England’s

 

Food Standard Agency guidelines

 

say the maximum a food can be

 

sold past its Best By date is one

 

month.

 

 

 

Most of these items were sold out

 

within an hour of being offered at

 

the pilot stores – a saving of over

 

50,000 items per year per store.

 

 

 

N.B. ~ Food Banks were not

 

allowed to accept these out-

 

dated items.

 

 

 

Can you imagine how much

 

better a family’s nutrition could

 

be if some of the larger food

 

stores followed this?


 



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I think this is purposefully confusing. Use by , sell by, best by, expired, etc.

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Why can't food banks accept items past best by?

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Since so many people seem to love law suits, I think it is because someone may become ill from eating the food, so the food banks protect themselves. Heard this from my brother many years ago.

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There are billions of dollars in wasted food thrown out daily in stores across America. These are fresh produce that isnt the right shape, color, or size.

I think it's absolutely shameful for America to have children and seniors who go to bed hungry when so much is thrown out simply because it isn't pretty.


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I don't pay much attention to dates. Most stuff is good well past the date.

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Our food bank takes them and puts them on an "Expired - take at your own risk" table.

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I don't understand why food banks can't accept wild game.



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Our local food bank will take venison.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Our local food bank will take venison.


 So do ours.



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