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Charities Can Help Needy, And Donors

β€œWhile β€œbest-before” dates may indicate a product's top quality for some major companies, it may not always be true of another food processor located down the block.”

In an interesting report on code-dating of food packaging, a Canadian reporter provided some details about how companies deal with codes that may say as much about the companies as it does about how they compute those code dates.

In essence, the article examined how the Canadian public viewed package dating, and how the retailers selling those products dealt with products that were code-dated.

The article discussed how a major Canadian supermarket chain donated out-of-code packaging to charitable organizations. The companies cited in the story were Whole Foods Markets, a chain of retail stores, and charity Second Harvest, which distributes food products, and probably other items, too, to people in need. Unlike so many stories about charities these days, this article did not in any way take issue with Second Harvest's techniques.

But it revealed some concepts about code-dating by manufacturers that were interesting.

What made me read through the piece was its slant on the β€œQuality vs. Safety” angle when it comes to food packaging. The article implies, but does not say explicitly, that perhaps Canadian consumers pay more attention to β€œpull dates” than do consumers elsewhere. European consumers may buy a bruised apple and then cut out the bruise, notes a retailer. β€œCanadians won't even buy that bruised apple,” he adds. β€œAnd that means more waste.”

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