New French law bans grocers from throwing away food.!!

[Political Junky]

Surely, Jesus would have burned food while people starved.

 

[ScienceRocks]

It depends...On one hand if it is still good I'd either mark it way down or hand it out. If it is bad then I'd throw it out.

 

[irosie91]

for my curiosity----is that state or federal law?

Neither.

Federal law mandates that Baby food be sold withing certain number of weeks.

ALL other expiration’s are voluntary.

Most of them are a scam to get people to throw away perfectly good food and buy more. Pasta doesn't expire, nor does rice or dried beans. So why are their dates? To get you to throw them away and buy more.

Rumor has it that Rightwinger has been around so long, he's seen honey expire.

honey should not be fed to babies----old or new-----it sometimes harbors botulinin spores

 

[hazlnut]

Business is being FORCED to give away their product to customers for free. Is that a good business model.?

French law forbids food waste by supermarkets

feb 4 2016 France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.

Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, as of Wednesday large shops will no longer bin good quality food approaching its best-before date. Charities will be able to give out millions more free meals each year to people struggling to afford to eat.

The law follows a grassroots campaign in France by shoppers, anti-poverty campaigners and those opposed to food waste. Now bosses of supermarkets with a footprint of 400 sq metres (4,305 sq ft) or more will have to sign donation contracts with charities or face penalties, including fines of up to €75,000 (£53,000) or two years’ imprisonment.

You'll never go to France, what do you care?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Business is being FORCED to give away their product to customers for free. Is that a good business model.?

French law forbids food waste by supermarkets

feb 4 2016 France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.

Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, as of Wednesday large shops will no longer bin good quality food approaching its best-before date. Charities will be able to give out millions more free meals each year to people struggling to afford to eat.

The law follows a grassroots campaign in France by shoppers, anti-poverty campaigners and those opposed to food waste. Now bosses of supermarkets with a footprint of 400 sq metres (4,305 sq ft) or more will have to sign donation contracts with charities or face penalties, including fines of up to €75,000 (£53,000) or two years’ imprisonment.

He'll no, it's not! It's absolutely idiotic.

The slippery slope created here, is that people won't buy food, they'll just wait for the grocery to be forced to give it away.

Don't be ridiculous.

In fact, the practice of putting good food down industrial garbage disposals is a relatively new in the US. Used to be, foods were marked down and yes, even given away.

Watch the documentary, Food Inc. We throw away as much as 60% of food produced in the US. That includes the manufacturers, growers, retail outlets and homes.

Some small stores/chains already donate their leftovers and its inhuman and inhumane that people in the US would rather destroy food than feed it to the needy.

Or is this just proof of what the RWNJs say - that the US was founded on "christian" principles?

 

[daws101]

When "forced by the government" is added, anything turns to shit.

Liberal calculus:
Good intention + coercion= solution

false steaming pile.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Here's Why Wasted Food Doesn’t Get To
The first reason is liability. Many vendors mistakenly believe they'll get sued for providing food that gets somebody sick, even if they think that food is safe. The vendors may decide giving away their leftovers isn't worth the legal risk.


What these vendors may not know (or fully understand) is that in 1996, Congress passed the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, thus protecting good faith food donors from civil and criminal liability. The law specifically protects individuals, corporations, wholesalers, caterers, farmers, restaurateurs, and others from liability for donating food in good faith.


“People are always so worried about someone getting sick, but its never been an issue for us,” said Larson.


The second issue is logistics. Stores often don’t have the space to store leftover food while they are waiting for agencies to pick it up. And food banks may not have the capacity to transport or properly store the food if it's highly perishable. Even worse, many stores don’t even know they should be donating their leftover food or where to donate it.


Organizations like Feeding America and Food Finders try to make it easier for vendors to donate food by acting as middlemen between food vendors like grocery stores, produce markets, restaurants, and hotels and food providers like food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

When "forced by the government" is added, anything turns to shit.

Liberal calculus:
Good intention + coercion= solution

false steaming pile.

PoliticalChic would rather see hungry children in the street than give them free food.

Its the RW christian way.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Business is being FORCED to give away their product to customers for free. Is that a good business model.?

French law forbids food waste by supermarkets

feb 4 2016 France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.

Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, as of Wednesday large shops will no longer bin good quality food approaching its best-before date. Charities will be able to give out millions more free meals each year to people struggling to afford to eat.

The law follows a grassroots campaign in France by shoppers, anti-poverty campaigners and those opposed to food waste. Now bosses of supermarkets with a footprint of 400 sq metres (4,305 sq ft) or more will have to sign donation contracts with charities or face penalties, including fines of up to €75,000 (£53,000) or two years’ imprisonment.

In the US, it is illegal......as is pretty much everything else.

No its not.

Many stores and restaurants give away excess food.

 

[daws101]

food giveaways to feed hungry people is un-American un Christian .

No, laws mandating those give a ways are communist and stupid.

by that lame ass logic then all Charites are communist ,

Charities are mandated by the government?

No...nice logical fallacy ya got there.

never said they were falsely assume much.
on the other hand Government Funding for Charities: When it declines, the charities lose twice : Charity Navigator

Government Funding for Charities: When it declines, the charities lose twice

 

[percysunshine]

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All the best ideas of the 20th century came out of France.

We should study this.

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[daws101]

food sellers in my state are forced to discard food not sold by the "best used
before" date. Such food is still edible. I do not know if there are federal laws

Are you in California?

Our compassionate Communist rulers here would much rather people go hungry than eat canned goods past an artificial expiration date.

(Canned goods don't go bad, unless the vacuum is broken.)

{

The steamboat Bertrand was heavily laden with provisions when it set out on the Missouri River in 1865, destined for the gold mining camps in Fort Benton, Mont. The boat snagged and swamped under the weight, sinking to the bottom of the river. It was found a century later, under 30 feet of silt a little north of Omaha, Neb.

Among the canned food items retrieved from the Bertrand in 1968 were brandied peaches, oysters, plum tomatoes, honey, and mixed vegetables. In 1974, chemists at the National Food Processors Association (NFPA) analyzed the products for bacterial contamination and nutrient value. Although the food had lost its fresh smell and appearance, the NFPA chemists detected no microbial growth and determined that the foods were as safe to eat as they had been when canned more than 100 years earlier.
}

3 On Your Side: Exposing Myths About Expiration Dates On Foods

Expiration dates on canned goods are there to get you to throw away perfectly good food, so that you will buy more.

It's illegal to sell food, past its expiration date. You can thank your nanny government for that.

bullshit ! that's a decision made by store and restaurant mangers it may be illegal but when has that ever stopped greedy ,unscrupulous asshats from anything?
in high school I worked at a convenience store called U TOTE UM
it was standard practice to sell out of date items the only time they were removed was when the mold was too bad to hide.

Link?

to your ass ?

Exemptions

Not all food requires a durability date. The general rule is that a date is required for food that is pre-packaged and sold by someone other than the person who produced it.

There are exemptions for:

– food that is not packaged at all

– food sold from catering establishments (e.g. restaurants of cafes). Although anything already pre-packaged will still need to comply. So if you went to a restaurant and bought chips that they cooked for you it would not need a date but if you bought a packet of crisps and they were already pre-packaged then they would need a date.

– Pre-packaged food sold by a retailer which has been packed the premises it is being sold or on a stall or vehicle. This covers a scenario where a retailer produces their own product and sells it from their own shop, market stall or vehicle. In such a case you can ask them how long the product will last and they should know as they produced it.

– Any food prepared otherwise than in the course of a business carried on by the person preparing it, such as one-off charity events

There are also specific foods that do not need a date. You can read more about exemptions in the DEFRA guidance on date marking.

Use by

Out of date food & Trading Standards

 

[daws101]

Charities are mandated by the government?

No...nice logical fallacy ya got there.

Duhs has placed his brain into cold storage for the election cycle. You'll not get anything intelligent from him until 2017.

the previous is the standard response by unhinged 2008

 

[daws101]

Surely, Jesus would have burned food while people starved.

supply side Jesus would

 

[daws101]

Business is being FORCED to give away their product to customers for free. Is that a good business model.?

French law forbids food waste by supermarkets

feb 4 2016 France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.

Under a law passed unanimously by the French senate, as of Wednesday large shops will no longer bin good quality food approaching its best-before date. Charities will be able to give out millions more free meals each year to people struggling to afford to eat.

The law follows a grassroots campaign in France by shoppers, anti-poverty campaigners and those opposed to food waste. Now bosses of supermarkets with a footprint of 400 sq metres (4,305 sq ft) or more will have to sign donation contracts with charities or face penalties, including fines of up to €75,000 (£53,000) or two years’ imprisonment.

You'll never go to France, what do you care?

he's never been out of out house hollow cept for that time he went to Walmart in east Jesus.

 

[PoliticalChic]

When "forced by the government" is added, anything turns to shit.

Liberal calculus:
Good intention + coercion= solution

false steaming pile.

PoliticalChic would rather see hungry children in the street than give them free food.

Its the RW christian way.

Don't annoy me, I have no time to provided your usual remedial education....I'm busy robbing orphan, evicting widows, helping corporations.

 

[PoliticalChic]

When "forced by the government" is added, anything turns to shit.

Liberal calculus:
Good intention + coercion= solution

false steaming pile.

How classy...you must be a Liberal, huh?

 

[irosie91]

American farmers had had the answer for centuries-----FEED IT TO THE PIGS

 

[Luddly Neddite]

American farmers had had the answer for centuries-----FEED IT TO THE PIGS

That's on the farm though.

What about after its in the stores or restaurants?

As long as there are hungry people, there's really no excuse to throw food away.

 

[daws101]

When "forced by the government" is added, anything turns to shit.

Liberal calculus:
Good intention + coercion= solution

false steaming pile.

How classy...you must be a Liberal, huh?

I gave it a G rating so you wouldn't get the vapors!
Considering your delicate state of mind.