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RE: Giving Away Free Food to Feed Thousands of Families, AKA A Regular Day in the Garden of Eden
@gardenofeden you guys are doing really a fabulous job. Such activities inspired to be a part of such initiative and to some efforts in such deeds which will make may soul relieved and surely I'm gonna to.
I just noticed a strange thing and I wanna ask. As you said, stores provide you with the damaged and expired groceries to feed the needy. Expired products? Wouldn't those will have bad health impacts instead?
I'm sure you guys take care of this but as this is not mentioned in the post so I'm curious about it.
No, expired products does not mean the food has gone bad.
Food manufacturers print a "sell by" or "best by" date on the product, and it is illegal for a store to sell something past these dates.
The fact is that the food is still good, but the company has printed a date that ensures it will get thrown away so they can supply new products and thereby guarantee their own continued business.
Food that has actually spoiled and is unfit for human consumption still has value - it can be added to a compost pile to make more dirt, for example. It is still absurd to waste it in the trash!
Alright. I was thinking from a consumer point of view. Like everybody, I would surely not gonna buy such expired products because it's common perception that the product is good till the date of expiring.
Yeah but you are right in this aspect, it doesn't mean that it actually has gone bad immediately after that date.
Thanks for your kind response.