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"Remanufactured Eggs" Redo
Regarding our recent thread on store practices with eggs and their
cartons (how they handle breakage and repackaging) and how nervous some people become with eggs: The March 2004 issue of Consumer Reports states that federally graded eggs can't have an expiration date over 30 days past being put in the carton, yet they're still safe to use "for the next 3-5 weeks" past sale. The article also mentions that product dating is *not* required except on poultry, infant formula and some baby food. |
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"Remanufactured Eggs" Redo
Goomba38 wrote:
> The March 2004 issue of Consumer Reports states that federally graded > eggs can't have an expiration date over 30 days past being put in > the carton, yet they're still safe to use "for the next 3-5 weeks" > past sale. Does it say anything about pasteurized eggs, or are they lumped together with regular eggs? -- John Gaughan http://www.johngaughan.net/ |
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"Remanufactured Eggs" Redo
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:36:59 -0500, Goomba38 >
wrote: >--------------2F2079D9C18BCAB679B8C4A0 >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > ><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> ><html> >Regarding our recent thread on store practices with eggs and their cartons >(how they handle breakage and repackaging) and how nervous some people >become with eggs: ><br>The March 2004 issue of<u> Consumer Reports</u> states that federally >graded eggs can't have an expiration date over 30 days past being put in >the carton, yet they're still safe to use "for the next 3-5 weeks" past >sale. The article also mentions that product dating is *not* required >except on poultry, infant formula and some baby food. ><br> </html> > >--------------2F2079D9C18BCAB679B8C4A0-- And br to you too! The original post said that the eggs were repackaged without regard to size, shipment/expiration date, or source. Eggs (and dairy products such as milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc.) and other packaged items (eg. tofu) are perishable and regardless of how long that period is, I need to know when the clock starts ticking. As a consumer, I should have the right to know what I'm buying. That goes for sizing too. Eggs come in cartons which make the source identifiable. Should I have any complaints about the eggs, if I want to buy eggs from a particular source, or in the unlikely case that they need to be recalled I want to know where the eggs came from, just as I do for milk and other dairy products. One might make a case for repackaging, but there is no reason or justification other than greed for deceiving consumers by repackaging eggs without telling them. If the stores want to do it, they should put them in cartons where the repackaging is clearly identified, perhaps with a sticker. And repackaging should only be done once. I am surprized that Consumer Reports claims there is no product dating required for anything other than poultry, infant formula and some baby food. My milk says "sell by March 10, in NYC March 09." Maybe if I have time next week I'll call the Health Department and find out where this comes from (voluntary or required). My suspicion is that it's required by local health code, but who knows! Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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Curly Sue wrote:
> My milk says "sell by March 10, in NYC March 09." Does NYC have a one day shorter sell-by-date than other cities? ~john |
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Curly Sue wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:36:59 -0500, Goomba38 > > wrote: > >> --------------2F2079D9C18BCAB679B8C4A0 >> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> >> <html> >> Regarding our recent thread on store practices with eggs and their >> cartons (how they handle breakage and repackaging) and how nervous >> some people become with eggs: >> <br>The March 2004 issue of<u> Consumer Reports</u> states that >> federally graded eggs can't have an expiration date over 30 days >> past being put in the carton, yet they're still safe to use "for the >> next 3-5 weeks" past sale. The article also mentions that >> product dating is *not* required except on poultry, infant formula >> and some baby food. <br> </html> >> >> --------------2F2079D9C18BCAB679B8C4A0-- > > And br to you too! > > The original post said that the eggs were repackaged without regard to > size, shipment/expiration date, or source. (snippage) > As a consumer, I should have the right to know what I'm buying. That > goes for sizing too. (snip) > Sue(tm) > Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! Agreed! Let us forget for a moment about the expiration date. I don't want to buy repackaged eggs which purport to be "X-tra large" because of the container but in reality are a combination of including medium, large and small eggs. Granted, I normally open a carton and jiggle the eggs between thumb and forefinger to make sure none are broken and stuck to the bottom of the carton. But I don't want to have to become an egg-inspector to determine if the eggs are the correct size for the label on the carton. Jill |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:30:39 -0500, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Levelwave=A9?=
> wrote: >Curly Sue wrote: > >> My milk says "sell by March 10, in NYC March 09." > > >Does NYC have a one day shorter sell-by-date than other cities? > >~john That's what it looks like, at least for the cities in this market. With my magnifying glass (getting old sucks :>) I read the additional notice: "When offered for sale in NJ, not to be sold after the date indicated. When offered for sale in NY City, may be sold until midnight of date indicated." So in NJ, this bottle of milk may be sold until midnight March 10 (after which, of course, it is after the date indicated).. In NYC, this bottle may be sold until midnight of March 09. Of course, now that it's opened, I don't think I can sell it :> And hopefully, grocery stores wouldn't repackage it either! Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself! |
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