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Here’s the actual USDA article describing the difference between “sell by, “use by”, and “best by” terms: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handlin
by hentrep 2y ago
Here’s the actual USDA article describing the difference between “sell by, “use by”, and “best by” terms: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/food-product-dating http://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-...
I don’t have time to find a source that supports this, but I understand that these dates also refer to the durability of the “food safe” container/packaging. Ever drink water from an unopened plastic bottle that has been stored for awhile? That taste is not from the water decaying or otherwise breaking down.
- guelo 2y agoThose cheap plastic water bottles should be banned. They’re one of the greatest sources of micro plastics in our bodies. (Not to mention unstudied nano plastics)
- lupusreal 2y agoThey can't be anywhere even close to synthetic textiles.
- debit-freak 2y agoPresumably you're not chewing on or eating from synthetic textiles. Meanwhile an enormous amount of food is shipped in, and even cooked in, plastic directly. Of course you're right in the sense that when it comes to our general environment textiles produce far more environmental microplastics than most other sources. Particularly in our water systems.
- relaxing 2y ago…water systems that supply our drinking water.
- lupusreal 2y agoI think synthetic fabrics shed very small particles into the air every time they are disturbed, eventually wearing out entirely. We breath a lot of that in. Clothes, furniture, sometimes even bed sheets; these all shed fibers into our living spaces.
- tradertef 2y agoOr car tires..
- ghaff 2y agoI don’t personally normally buy bottled water but the alternative is probably to go back to glass which means higher consumer prices, increased fossil fuel consumption for transportation, etc.
- hurpdurpdurp 2y agoWhy not aluminum cans? There's still some plastic in there, but you can mostly recycle them, they must be fairly cheap, and they're quite light. As an added benefit they stack higher in transit with less extra packaging, at least if they're shipped like beer.
- ghaff 2y agoI literally just saw those for the first time. As I understand it they’re still plastic lined and the energy efficiency depends on how much recycling takes place. It depends if eliminating plastics is what you really care about or not.
- gruez 2y ago>They’re one of the greatest sources of micro plastics in our bodies. Source?
- an_guy 2y agoHave you ever drank from one of those bottles?? It literally tastes like plastic.
- sureIy 2y agoI wish regulators stopped trying to be poetic and just use clear English. What's "best by?" You need to write "do not eat after." Nobody needs to be explained what that means.
- _visgean 2y agoBut thats the point, none of these actually mean that you cant eat it after te cutoff date.
- ghaff 2y agoThat 5 year old box of unopened crackers will almost certainly not hurt you but they may not taste very good.
- Dalewyn 2y ago"Clear English" is using as few words as possible.
- sureIy 2y agoIf they make sense yes, but clearly people don't understand this. When safety is on the line, the goal can't only be "as few words as possible"
- Dalewyn 2y agoHere's something to blow your mind: Most Americans are not literate. Yes, I'm serious and I say that as a fellow American. We are not literate. So use as few words as possible and a date. Honestly we could probably do without the words, just the date.
- teddyh 2y agoIs minified code easier to read? No. It’s the same with regular language; shorter sentences are not always more comprehensible.
- robertlagrant 2y agoI wonder if Best Buy use best by dates.