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Tue, May 1st, 2012, 10:52 PM #31
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This particular store is like that too, he remembers everything I bought, asks if the cats liked whatever new toy I bought them, keeps me a catgrass for them because he knows I usually pop in on a certain day, grabs my bag of Orijen as soon as I walk in etc - and it was Pedigree or something so no way she would have got out of there without a lecture about feeding something better, he would have remembered her.
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Tue, May 1st, 2012, 11:05 PM #32
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Tue, May 1st, 2012, 11:16 PM #33
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Tue, May 1st, 2012, 11:33 PM #34
The cheese is likely fine far beyond a month old. There are cheeses that are years old. The reason they are expensive is that they take time to get 'old' and that they have to waste some of the cheese cutting off the mold.
I often will keep cheese in the fridge months after their date if they are sealed. The mild will just get more like old with more flavour.
The one that makes me a bit freaked is eggs. I was talking to someone about the eggs and how you can take them camping and keep them unrefridgerated for a week and be ok. - No thanks.
The mold on bread is a form of penicillin however if you are allergic to that mold (like some in my family are) then bread I check more carefully for dates. I am sure the amounts would matter as well.
There is a difference between expiry date and best before dates. I know things like medicate can often be safely used for up to a few months past the date on the bottle depending on what it is according to the pharmacist I asked about it.
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Article...1-403be0dd8439
http://www.canfightbac.org/cpcfse/en.../ask/dairy/#76
actually this site has a section for a number of food groups at the bottom. Pretty interesting reading
http://www.canfightbac.org/cpcfse/en/cookwell/ask/
Last year I was unfortunate enough to get sick from something (I believe it was when I was cooking chicken and somehow contaminated something like the tap. I was the only one of us to get sick (thankfully) but I was so sick for week. That is an experience I never want to repeat so if in doubt I will toss it.
But there is no getting over how much gets thrown out in North america. I imagine we could feed a small country with what we toss.Last edited by kerrylj; Tue, May 1st, 2012 at 11:42 PM.
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Wed, May 2nd, 2012, 04:57 AM #35
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Having had food poisoning before, I am more careful now but yes, some foods are actually fine past the date given. BUT I also see why stores will not sell past it and risk that lawsuit, it is one thing for me to buy it in date and eat it later but if I show I bought it later and it is out of date, they could be responsible.
It is not actually illegal to sell stuff past a sell by date in Ontario (it is illegal to hide or change a date to sell it) as long as it is a best before and not expiry date, so it is more them covering their butts than complying with a law
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Wed, May 2nd, 2012, 06:24 AM #36
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Wed, May 2nd, 2012, 08:26 AM #37
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My boyfriend worked at a grocery store and the amount of food wasted every day is sickening. Everything in the bakery not sold by the end of the day is thrown away, same with deli hot food and some produce. Employees are not allowed to take any home, while its in the store it's considered stealing and in the dumpster you're trespassing to get it. They used to allow farmers to pick up boxes of old produce for their animals but then an employee was caught stealing products from out back by putting them in the boxes and covering them in lettuce. So thanks to him all of the produce is put in the dumpster.
When asked if they could donate the doomed food to the local women's shelter or food bank, we were essentially told that if they gave it away the poor people wouldn't come in to buy it. They are the only grocery store in town, next one is >20 min drive away and with many seniors and struggling people without vehicles they are forced to shop there. Sad wasteful world we live in..Earn Paypal $ or Amazon gift cards every week doing searches and surveys with Swagbucks http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/xXtiggerXx
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Wed, May 2nd, 2012, 02:59 PM #42
Well, I asked about this (day old or almost expired bakery items) at Safeway for the womens shelter as they love donut and sweets there. I was told that they had to throw them away and not into the dumpsters because they got sued once from a homeless guy that went dumpser diving for bread and got sick eating it. I think he won the lawsuit...
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