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Haha. That is hilarious. 280 million years old, the preservative of preservatives. In many other countries (developing especially) they don't even pay attention

by ijidak 10y ago

Haha. That is hilarious. 280 million years old, the preservative of preservatives. In many other countries (developing especially) they don't even pay attention to food expiration dates. We have eyes and a nose and they're really good at telling us when food shouldn't be eaten. I have a friend who is from Nigeria and was selling bags of rice at her shop. Food inspectors told her she had to throw the rice away because it had expired. She was devastated because she wasn't even used to thinking about rice expiring, especially not when it's just a few months old. Welcome to the West.

Symbiote 10y ago
The "best before" time on the rice in my European cupboard is one year. It's still legal to sell it after that date [1]. The EU is considering[2] removing rice from the requirement to have a "best before" date at all, which is already the case for a few things[3], like salt and sugar. [2] https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food_waste/eu_actions/date_marking_en https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food_waste/eu_actions/date_... [3] Annex X http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32011R1169#d1e32-57-1 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:320... [1] https://www.approvedfood.co.uk/ https://www.approvedfood.co.uk/ for example, you can search "rice".