THESE ARE MY SALAD DAYS

It’s been quite a while since I’ve heard of a good salad dressing scandal, but here’s one:

Two suburban businessmen who partnered to buy about 1.6 million bottles of salad dressing that were about to expire in 2003 were indicted on federal charges for allegedly relabeling the expiration dates and selling the dressing to unsuspecting wholesale distributors and discount retail stores, which then sold the products to consumers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Despicable. But here’s what makes me scratch my head:

All of the bottles were originally labeled with “sell by” dates ranging between January and June 2003, but those labels were covered with bogus extended expiration dates of either May 25, 2004, or July 25, 2004, the release said. Anyone with these bottles of salad dressing is urged to contact the FDA at 800-521-5782.

Or just clean your flippin’ refrigerator once in a while. Sheesh. Even in my bachelor days I didn’t have food that antiquated in my fridge. What difference does it make if your salad dressing expired two years ago or three years ago?