[Acrylic-bob]

The insistance on "Sell By" or "Use By" dates is another one of the make-work scams from those caring, sharing, creeps in Brussels.

If you think about it logically, none of it makes any sense whatsoever. Take cheese for example. The whole point about cheese is that it is encouraged to go off in the process of manufcture by the addition of Rennet; that's part of the taste - the longer you leave it, the better it tastes. Some of the more obscure varieties have layers of mould on them so thick you could sole shoes with it.

Obviously, perishable stuff like fish and meat need to be sold fresh, for the rest of the contents of your shopping bag it doesn't make one iota of difference.

It is little wonder that so many people have all sorts of exotic food allergies these days, their food is so sanitised that they get very little chance to acquire any resistance to germs.