In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:59:55 +0000 (UTC), Charlotte L. Blackmer wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> Dave Smith > wrote:
>>>Goomba wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Geesh who obsesses about expiration dates?
>>>> My food doesn't seem to know how to read a calendar. A jar of mayo four
>>>> months past a sell by date would be used with nary a blink.
>>>
>>>Expiry dates are the way I figure what to donate to the food bank ;-)
>>
>> At my FB, sorters and packers are instructed to pitch things past the exp
>> date. So please check with yours first and possibly save them the
>> volunteer labor.

>i'm sure there are liability issues involved (or maybe even only
>potentially involved) that food banks don't want to mess with.

Exactly why the FB tells us to pitch it.

Because my phone # is published as a contact for my church, I've
occasionally gotten calls from people about it. I always said "pitch it!"
even before I knew what the FB actually did. I know that some food is
ok past its published date, but it just seems mean.

If I see something that is "coming up", I'll try to use it fast, whether
for myself or the soup kitchen.

Charlotte
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