what is misleading about food labels

[Mclovin]

dont you just read the sell by date and thats the date you have to eat it by or freeze it and cook it immediately on defrosting.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1191725/Mi...

[Shaw Tarse]

If it looks OK, smells OK I'll eat it.

[Mobile Chicane]

Same here. I've got a friend who'll throw away fruit / veg etc in near-perfect condition, purely because it's gone past its 'sell by' date. Madness.

[grumbledoak]

Load of crap. On the part of the government, rather than the Mail. So, they are going to push manufacturers to get rid of better value packs? Way to stiff the poor, bozos!

Jeez. You can eat most things past even the use-by date if you just use your nose, folks! And, learn how to use your fridge and freezer!

[Melman Giraffe]

Shaw Tarse said:

If it looks OK, smells OK I'll eat it.

Yep

[Dupont666]

Shaw Tarse said:

If it looks OK, smells OK I'll eat it.

Even if it dont.... there is a good chance i will still try it unless its chicken, etc. As many of the use by dates are crap and shouldnt be there... like large pots of homous which is cheap and ok to eat for a week after opening (im still here aint I )

[shirt]

chicken/fish are the only things i'm really dubious about, everything else lasts miles longer than the label says.

[V8mate]

Mobile Chicane said:

Same here. I've got a friend who'll throw away fruit / veg etc in near-perfect condition, purely because it's gone past its 'sell by' date. Madness.

The customer needs educating then.

The good thing about having a 'display until' or 'sell by' date as well as a 'use by' date is that it stops the retailers selling us foodstuffs which are on their very last legs. It puts 24/48 hours of usable time into theproduct sitting in your own fridge.

As far as I'm concerned, it was a step forward in customer service when the dual dates were introduced. I wonder if the proposals to reverse this have come from pressure from the large supermarkets?

[lockhart flawse]

No it's to try to stop food waste by people misunderstanding the difference between

expiry date
best before
use by
display until

or whatever. Main problem is "best before" as almost everything can be eaten after its "best before" date.

L.F.

[Dupont666]

while its still got those labels on it I get the cheapo stuff from the reduced sections and freeze them and eat later.... should I be ashamed at admitting that?

[Vipers]

Its not so much midleading on food labels I find difficult, it's needing a degree in rocket science to work out which is the best buy.

Example, "Buy 2 x 160 bags of tea for £6.00", you have to assume that one is £3.00 coz it dont say,

WRONG, £3.80, saw a cracker last week in Sainsburys, big sale on bottled beers, most were £1.60 +, so hense "Buy 2 for £3.00", not bad until I saw some at £1.42 each, "Buy 2 for £3.00".......

[shirt]

in asda, there are quite a few things i see with rrp = £1 and a big sign saying '2 for £2'. really? wow!

[Vipers]

shirt said:

in asda, there are quite a few things i see with rrp = £1 and a big sign saying '2 for £2'. really? wow!

They were selling 2 ltr cartons of juice the other week, with Polish writing on, for £1. (Clearly said 50p per litre), Written on some of the packs were the words "Gratis 1ltr", so I told the check out it must only be 50p then, if its £1 for 2 ltr, and 1 is FREE (Gratis) then those ones should be 50p. Had to explain what Gratis meant.

She moaned and sent for the manager, who mumbled something, and charged me 50p, next day those with Gratis on were removed.

Edited by Vipers on Wednesday 10th June 21:15