7/12/2006
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?
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Oh, I had food that old. Salad dressings. Frozen fish. Cocktail sauce. My girlfriend won’t put up
with that nonsense now, though. Sad, sad, sad.
Hi!
Comment by Chris Grovich — 7/17/2006 @ 11:52 am
Wait a minute, you still exist?
Comment by Mark Hasty — 7/18/2006 @ 11:10 am
Last summer, I went to a BBQ at the home of someone who is a contributing photographer for my newspaper. Asked what I wanted to drink, I agreed to a Diet Coke. When I opened the cap only to hear absolutely no fizz, I did not have high hopes. Then I took one swig, and I realized that I actually went into that swig overestimating the sensation that my taste buds would experience. I looked at the expiration date on this bottle of Diet Coke I was holding in August 2005, and it said “2002.”
Comment by Paul — 7/20/2006 @ 7:19 pm