Out Of Date Food - Page 4

Gayle · 02-09-2005, 18:18

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Originally Posted by lettie

I'm not the least bit fussy about expiry dates on products. Manufacturers put them on in order to cover themselves, especially pharmaceuticals. I once took some Brufen when I had the flu and was aching all over. Not only did the Brufen expire 2 years previously but it had also been prescribed by the vet for my dog......... Yes it was dispensed at the vets too... When I looked at the tablets they looked exactly the same as human Brufen and were the same dosage so I took em.

Don't get me started on this subject. I get really frustrated by the number of products that are exactly the same inside but have a range of different packaging to sell to different people. I've worked in pharmaceuticals and it's really common. Or, like the kitchen/bathroom/multipurpose cleaners that are all the exact same stuff inside the bottles. Or like own brand stuff that is identical to the branded stuff - I always go for own brand products when I know that.

jpest1 · 02-09-2005, 18:32

Apart from the obvious, why should we take any notice of sell by dates. One advert for Volvic mineral water stated it takes 2000 years to filter through layers of volcanic ash and rock . So why does that have a sell by date? Wouldnt it already be out of date?

Sara · 02-09-2005, 20:17

Can't beat the whoops counter at Asda which has (usually) meat that should be eaten that day. Have had beer way past the sell/use by date, still tastes the same. I only usually use the use by dates as a guide.

grannyclaret · 02-09-2005, 21:17

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Originally Posted by jpest1

Apart from the obvious, why should we take any notice of sell by dates. One advert for Volvic mineral water stated it takes 2000 years to filter through layers of volcanic ash and rock . So why does that have a sell by date? Wouldnt it already be out of date?

what a good point

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 21:43

Brussels buracratic interference at its best.

PILKYBUSDRIVER · 02-09-2005, 23:19

Many a time i've been in Blackburn asda and seen a crowd of asians gathered around an asda employee with a WHOOPS sticker gun.Had some good bargains of very nearly out of date food.

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 23:26

Asians the expert bargin hunters

Acrylic-bob · 03-09-2005, 04:41

Of course there is the other reason for the increased use of "Use By" dates... to encourage that section of the population who are unable to think for themselves to disgard perfectly good food and run along to the supermarket to buy more to replace it. It's a bit like the concept of "built in obsolecence" which you find in so many "white" goods these days - irreplacable components which are designed to fail after a certain amount of usage.

shiny gem · 03-09-2005, 14:38

what about things like pickled onions??? surely the whole process of pickling means that it lasts forever...well nearly, theyll be having to mummify our food next so that it doesnt go off!!!
hmm anyone know the shelf life of space food???