Labrygon_at_... wrote:
> One other point - sell by dates are useful, and valuable things. Without
> them
> the whole supply chain that provides us with fresh food easily and very
> conveniently would not work. How would one buy milk for example, or sell
> it,
> without knowing how old it was (ie without opening the bottle/carton).
Well, we got by without 'em for quite a few years, really. If your milk
was spoiled, you told the milkman the next morning and got a
replacement, and maybe something extra as an apology. Somehow it worked.
Guy (Hoyle)