Today I bought a 1-liter box of orange juice in a big supermarket. When I buy a food product, usually I check the expired date. I don’t what was wrong with me this morning. I didn’t check the expired date of my orange juice. Guess what…. when I arrived at home and check the date, it is written “05-Sep-05″. So the product has been expired for more than 4 months already. Unbelievable…. isn’t it?
Can you imagine that? A very big supermarket in Canada sells expired products. What would happen if the person who bought it didn’t check the expired date?
Anyway, since my first day in Canada, I have been a little bit frustrated with “expired date”. I have visited many supermarkets in Vancouver, Canada, and I have seen many food products that don’t have expired date. Yeah, I am not kidding…. Sometimes, I have to spend a couple of minutes, looking for “Best before…” sign. In some cases, I simply couldn’t find the expired date. There are two possibilities when I am stuck in this situation: 1) trust the supermarket that they won’t sell expired products; or 2) don’t buy the product.
The following picture shows a food product that don’t have expired date. It is a pork luncheon meat sold at a supermarket in Vancouver, Canada. Can you help me finding the expired date?
I am very interested to know, what the policy of Canadian government regarding of “expired date” is. Do they require all food products to have expired date? I don’t believe if a country like Canada doesn’t require expired date on every food products.
Update (30-Jan-06): Yesterday, I would like to buy a cough medicine (I’ve been having cough since three days ago). Guess what… I went to a big pharmacy and they sold expired cough medicine (the expiry date was 2005). Interesting, huh? Even a big pharmacy sell expired medicine. What happen if the buyer don’t check the date? I am not going to publish the name of the pharmacy, but they are one of the big players in Vancouver, Canada.
Our school gives us expired products at breakfast too! Yesterday me and my friends noticed the yogurt and the cheese was already expired. i know this can’t be healthy but I was wondering if you knew about any of the health risks involved in eating expired foods? I need something to back up my petition
my research is about mikroorganism canned food and relation with expired date.i hope you can help me. i need to know what the meaning of expired date,etc. can you help me?