“Better Marking”
“And yet we have them everywhere. I’ve even seen it with salt, water or vinegar, it’s a deviation,” Lori Nikkel regrets. “Too often manufacturers include it in their packaging when they don’t have to.”
“Some retailers simply remove dry products from supermarket shelves as the sell-by date approaches to facilitate stock rotation,” reveals Pascal Thériault.
Second Harvest therefore proposes changing the terminology and using expressions such as “eat before”, “preferably eat before”, “freezing period” or “tastes best before”. The idea is to indicate when the food may have lost its flavor but without posing a health risk.
“We have to specify the labeling better, make the wording clearer,” says Pascal Thériault.
Consumers can judge
An opinion shared by Christine Jean. “You have to go by product group and make mentions that give consumers more freedom. You are able to judge for yourself.
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