Ewwww

[tellner]

Those "sell by" dates on meat mean something, right?
Not so much

A Brooklyn Heights Key Food that has been repeatedly accused of changing the “sell-by” date on meat is off the hook this week after the state revealed that the relabeling practice is completely legal.

The Atlantic Avenue market was under state scrutiny last month after customer Marie Viljoen took pictures of a spoiled D’Artagnan chicken, which appeared to have a new “sell by” date placed over the 11-day-old original. The store has been smacked with some serious food safety violations over the past few months, but the state now says that there’s no problem.

“ ‘Sell by’ dates are nothing but a tool for store managers,” said Jessica Ziehm, spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture and Markets that inspected the Key Food after Viljoen’s claims. “It’s not illegal to re-date or re-package, though they’re still required to sell safe, wholesome products. We went there and found no problems.”

 

[RandomPhantom700]

Brings to mind the various types of sell-by or use-by dates that require a WW2 codebreaker machine to decipher. Oh wait, consumer protection? Nah, those are just there to placate you. Actually, they're just a manager's filing system, really. It's ok, just swallow the meat.

 

[Ken Morgan]

Would the store managers feed it to their families? Probably not.

 

[tellner]

Would the store managers feed it to their families? Probably not.

Once it can crawl away under its own power they have to put it on the payroll.

 

[Ken Morgan]

Once it can crawl away under its own power they have to put it on the payroll.

It also becoems enviromentally friendly too, as its also "green"...