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The "best by" date on items in UK supermarkets has been contracting since the first covid lockdown. Unless you buy frozen, you can't do the traditional "weekly
by sirsinsalot 4y ago
The "best by" date on items in UK supermarkets has been contracting since the first covid lockdown.
Unless you buy frozen, you can't do the traditional "weekly shop" anymore unless you want a fridge full of expired food.
Either the shortage of preservative packaging gasses is in full swing still or they're doing it to keep people shopping more regularly while hiking prices.
- j-bos 4y agoCould also be the supply chain slowing down.
- dugite-code 4y agoIf it's anything like it is in Australia "best before" is different to "use by". "Use by" refers to when it's actually expired and could be dangerous to consume after that date. "Best before" however is generally meaningless and is meant to refer to the quality of the product, it's also been sugested by many consumer groups to be deliberately used as a method to push consumers to discard perfectly safe product. Edit:https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/best-before-and-use-by-dates https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/best-before-and-use-b... Yes, it appears to be the same.
- BrandoElFollito 4y agoWe have the same in France. And we are getting rid of the best before one to cut down waste. The use by is still very generous. A yoghurt for instance is fine a week or two after. This also applies to drugs (medicaments). We do not actually know how long they are ok for the most part. Recently 30 years old ones were ok.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoA best-by date isn't really an expiration date, if your fridge is clean then you've usually got a week or two longer than the best-by date before the food actually goes bad. Depends on the food of course.