Best before dates: How supermarkets tamper with your food (CBC Marketplace)

[@brettdomenick]

I have worked in the produce, meat, and bakery departments at a BJ's wholesale club in the U.S.. at the store I worked at, dates were taken very seriously. If dates were ever changed, they were only shortened. I am very thankful I belonged to a store that didnt make me cheat dates like this.

[@priscillaleigh6856]

Brett Domenick p

[@NanaNaima1]

trying to promote ur store bruh

[@brettdomenick]

NLT4Ever #1 yes, I'm totally trying to make all of you shop at the store I work at to simply pay for my schooling by commenting on the KZbin video of a Canadian TV network. I can already see the sales I've made now that all of these canadians are driving down to pennsylvania to buy lettuce.

[@MAGWolf]

USDA would FINE anyone that does it greatly so I don't think anyone in America does it. Also It can also lead to prison sentence. Most places will mark price down and say cook up ASAP. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1365

[@Parakeetfriend4215]

I wouldn't be surprised to see this in Walmart or some other supermarkets in the USA. Maybe not to the same degree, but don't go into this with your eyes shut and be choosy, not trustingly lazy, be on the alert. I went into an Asian market, in the USA and there was a lid unscrewed on a jar of sauce. I told a clerk and he did nothing about it. I put it back on the shelf and don't buy sauce there. Always check lids for tightness and must be wrapped. That was just sauce, other things could be that way too.

[@Linda-9037]

Stores should freeze meats the day before the experation date is up and sell them frozen at a slight discount instead of potentially making customers sick. Alot of people freeze meats as soon as they get home anyway.

[@nv7287]

They want more profit, so they marinate them... Investors make more money. To make them less focus on profit would require that they are possibly public owned as cooperatives with farms?

[@mimiso2522]

Our stores do freeze close date meats and donate them to our food pantry. Nobody has ever gotten sick from that meat. Plus the stores get a tax write off. We also get bruised fruit and vegetables. I did not like this story because it is deceptive. As for the bakery, they are right. One store here was caught changing labels on expensive cakes instead of freezing them.

[@Syrnian]

Properly cook your meat and you will not get sick. Also the date is a best by date. Not a bad on date.

[@129jasper1]

@@Syrnian Yes if you cook it til it's carbon it will be safe, but they are claiming that the meat is already bad or near bad when the stores re-label it.

[@rutituti678]

@@129jasper1 🤣.. it's not funny but I love your response

[@Lisa.G412]

I worked at a giant eagle in Pittsburgh, PA. And everything you have showed they have done and are still doing. And today is 6/6/2020

[@robinluich6626]

That's probably who she was working for.

[@spindleblood]

Which one? I grew up there haha

[@MyBelgianAzzy]

Thank you for sharing!

[@stevethea5250]

@@robinluich6626 DO THEY TALK ABOUT "USE BY" DATES

[@vijaychauhan9613]

412 girl..... trust me calgary Alberta....i dont want to name the store....they sacked me when i started making noise 1🔥👀🏴‍☠️

[@MeMe-nw9mq]

The more I watch stuff like this, the more attractive it becomes to buy a few acres of land, grow our own food, plant a few fruit trees, some strawberry plants, some raspberry bushes, raise a cow and a pig every year, raise chickens for our eggs and poultry and become as self sufficient as possible

[@NetSkillNavigator]

I'd do the same.. I admit I'm very addicted to this (highly) processed food, and the more I watch documentaries about the food industry, the more I become disgusted with fast-food chains & processed food. It's so much better to make your home-maid version of ham or cake..

[@glowblank17]

@Me Me, *You are my hero 😫 👍🏻!*

[@archkull]

It's hard work on its own, starting it off is hard too, and will only get more and more expensive as the rich get richer and the poorer get poorer, land becomes more scarce and the average person is no longer able to start such a thing. Already that way where I am in Germany, with all the regulations added on top. Americans have it lucky at least, there is plenty of land there. It's very depressing.

[@RLaraMoore]

Can I come too?

[@xvpbignub4294]

@@archkull how will you be poorer when your cost is 0? im going to grow plant farms though because yes cattle is getting less profitable and vegetation is becoming more profitable

[@donnab0518]

This. This right here - is journalism.

[@Suisfonia]

Yup, the main stream media in my country could learn a thing or two from these guys.

[@Brindlebrother]

ya mean GERMalism

[@evakatarina5590]

Tarskybull Beme hahahah

[@tribequest9]

Actually it's not, it's a lot of smoke and mirrors and you were taken for a ride. By the way I've got some ocean front property to sell in Arizona.......

[@ajpc66]

Which is also becoming quite rare these days. Last year here in portugal on the public tv network, at 8:00h pm the news started with this: "Portuguese scientists found a way to prevent aging". This is just one of the many things why I usually don't listen to the news on tv anymore and if I do is because my mother turns the tv on. As I said before on other posts it's pretty normal human behaviour, It's just what people do: 2Tim 3:1-5.

[@kenyaamina257]

instead of "best before dates" they should put "eat at your own risk"

[@Tina-ez4xi]

Love your comment 1,000x!!

[@obscured9414]

You think that it would be logical for someone to make their "money makers" sound more dangerous by putting EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK? I know that if i saw that , personally, i would wonder what that 'risk' is. It'd de-interest me faster than eating passed a best b4 date. U have a good point but... This is food we r talking. W no best b4 date and a beware risk type of switch ... Itd be like not taking responsibility for serving gross sick inducing , disease causing (in worse case) , old foods. No. They need to serve it and serve it fresh. it is real shady to allow ppl to serve the population w this risk warning and is tampering.. so i think so.

[@bombasticlovalova3186]

And drop the price 99%

[@gailmiller6333]

Kenya Amina 😂True!😂

[@81sexislim]

Facts!

[@bluerazzbery]

it's fun seeing this now. I work in a supermarket preparing food, and have been fighting against my management on this issue, which they keep pretending doesn't exist. I was told that proving there is re-dating is 'a waste of company time and (I) might be fired if (I) continue this behavior."

[@gaylebrady2838]

Because they figure odds are you wont sue them. You'll just go get another job. I worked in the grocery business for years. They really don't value their employees anymore than they value their customers. Like he said it's ALL about profit. And you are replaceable! 😳

[@nickacelvn]

If I was you I would video and document everything and "Fire them"

[@Teestar519]

Yes record before u let them know ur on to them 💯🤢🤢

[@karenmorris2239]

I would secretly film I’m doing this and then I would take it to the news stations

[@jeffreymarissa6591]

@@gaylebrady2838 ww

[@rish2891993]

And this is before the pandemic, Imagine how companies are cutting costs now

[@barryjohnnewman8993]

I work in a retail grocery store. They don’t need to cuts costs… dirty little secret is sales have nearly doubled on a daily basis since the beginning of the pandemic… Why can’t people see that’s why this won’t end To much money to be made

[@randomgodll1073]

ngl we have sold spoiled chicken

[@petershulick5270]

I've run into some bad cantaloupe from Walmart that was cut up and put in plastic containers versus the whole cantaloupe melons that I ordered to begin with

[@TaylorPhase]

what pandemic?

[@davehibbs9111]

I work in the meat department and since the pandemic we no longer have expired anything! Food flies off of the shelves as fast as we can actually put it out! Before the coronavirus it looked just as bad as this video....

[@Thinkbeforeyoureply]

Y'know, what's so shocking is that the company bosses who create this situation, are also the same bosses that would get customers arrested for shoplifting. What these arsehole's are doing is way worse. No, I'm not defending theft. I'm saying it's the same thing, except a shoplifter doesn't pretend they're an honest businessperson.

[@gentarofourze]

Whilst not directly the same I remember when I had my apartment burgled (even stole cutlery, underwear, mouldy bread) police came to my door and said nothing can be done despite footprints on wall, dirty hand and fingerprints and KNOWING who the robbers were as they were squatting next door and well known to the police, a few weeks later I was in supermarket the same police were arresting a teenage boy who stole a 20p bottle of soda (thats like quarter to Americans) saying they cant let even a small crime slide!

[@mustaqahmed9812]

Thinkbeforeyoureply , yes you are absolutely right. My employer doing that and give a big lecture to the thief that GOD is watching them. What a hypocrite.

[@bratbabyp9370]

Women sticking rotteN meats up their skirts😨

[@chenks54]

If you're talking about the UK, it's because of the cuts to the police force - they will only pursue criminals where they know they can get a quick result with the minimum of paperwork!

@@mustaqahmed9812 God doesn't exist. It's time to stop relying on a invisible, all-powerful entity that doesn't even exist to fix all your problems for you.

[@adriennebolles6435]

Listen to this! I worked with poor elderly as their care giver for "In home Support Services". I took them grocery shopping at Safeway. Jan my elderly lady (Jan and Mike were elderly very disabled couple) she told me always look at what is in the "Manager's special bin". The prices were awesome and everything was close to date, frequently grey brown . But having worked in food I didn't flinch. One day I shopped for self, saw a young butcher pick up trays of meat that had past date. (seniors shop early morning so I did) the dates had past by days. The meat was grey brown and even moldy. I decided to ignore the Manager's special bin. Came back thinking about informing them of what they "overlooked" the young guy printed out new dates. So if today is July 8th meat looked bad and had July 6 date. Then he printed and posted dates 2 days later, such as best before July 10th. Both dated stickers were on the meat. Old people with diminished cognitive function due to mental illness and dementia can't out fox the store. Morally wrong and dangerous. But here in the US we like our poor to be very very poor. So of course folks living on benefits are going to buy it. They think they can;t afford todays prices. Vicious cycle.

[@ingridblohm-hyde805]

OMG!!! If anyone sees this or works at a place that allows this, it is their moral obligation to report it to the authorities. I know that here in the US the penalties are real. I would imagine this kind of sleazy behaviour happens a lot at places like Walmart, Krogers, Safeway, and those large chains that only have one goal - profit!

[@jameswarfield4152]

Report the store to your county or state Health Department. I don't know a health department that would not look into this and ensure such practice stops.

[@arnowisp6244]

@@ingridblohm-hyde805 Unlikely for those stores given how lawsuits will come especially when they are THAT well known.

[@m.mickeypayne9811]

There was a store in South Florida called Foodway. High prices as it was the only grocery store in town. Green moldy meat, and if it looked fresh, certainly didn't taste that way, finally the store operation was turned into the county health inspector. After that, people drove 20 miles to Walmart just to get decent fresh meat. Finally, store closed, when a Dollar General Market, opened up across the street.

[@silversuffer9590]

Adrienne Bolles -it has to be the same here in the UK probably the world don't forget it's all about MONEY

[@nichegoseberazdvatri]

“Shut the front door” 😆 I haven’t heard that phrase since 2000

[@basslv69]

it was in Endgame when Hulk says that

[@justmeandthethree]

I said it yesterday to my sons because they left the front door open.

[@jazzyk4046]

@@justmeandthethree 😂

[@ricardomoon]

Haha I thought It was a cool phrase !!

[@peterp4876]

when I lived with my parents, it was always "shut the fridge door" the damn door hinges needed oiling!

[@HeatherMaxon]

In Morocco, to make meat look fresher, they put red lights over the red meat section. I buy my meat straight from a butcher. I watch them cut it off the hide and grind it or filet or cube it in front of me.

[@lovelyletter7460]

I noticed at market basket, the lights over the chicken case have a pinkish cast, which I noticed because they would instantly become a duller color once I took it out of the case.

[@HeatherMaxon]

@R S you can travel to Morocco now.

[@gossman75]

@Heather Maxon But the whole meat chunks might not be fresh either. Just like a deer carcass that my Dad had hanging in the barn for too long and has turned kind of green. We had to get rid of it. Unfit to eat.

[@kevinroberts7521]

I was an asst. manager in a meat department, we would never do this, I have morals and integrity and the only way to make a profit is to be aware of the best before dates and mark down products at least a week before they expire. If someone in my department did something like this they would not be working for me. Even my manager wanted to do date altering and I raised a stink and took all the products and threw them out, cost the department hundreds of dollars, but I would not stand for that or allow anyone to do it not even my boss! I know my customers knew that they could trust me and that is what I look for when I go shopping, get to know your butcher!

[@D33Lux]

Wow! Bless you.

[@bdavidson3426]

One-in-million Thank you!

[@robertawestbrooks9531]

Honesty is the best policy:)

[@jayit6851]

Thanks CBC, I'm never eating food again.

[@LulitaInPita]

Lol

[@joycefranzen3297]

Lol

[@fuvk2345]

so you're still alive right? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jayit6851]

EightyEight Gaming Yes but I am only 69 pounds now...

[@fuvk2345]

+Trenton Pottruff good to know...

[@zivaandzeusshenanigans1113]

I was a meat cutter for 22 yrs and worked at 5 different stores,not once did any of those stores mess with the best by use date.if it was expired then it got thrown away,as a matter of fact we ground fresh hamburger daily..when I came in every morning all of the hamburger from the day before was thrown out.

[@suilles]

kinda sad they get thrown in the thrash after a day. meat dont go bad after a day so kinda a waste.

[@rajo741]

You were fortunate to work for proper grocers. I know first hand how diluted bleach washes were store policy for meat gone off. And yes they were repackaged and put up for sale.

[@ninjai5527]

i used to work at a small independent grocery and my manager told us we were allowed to extend the best by date by a week, we would also use the "reddening" technique. We never extended best date by more than a week. I now work at a much larger grocer, which doesn't do that thankfully. I think some of the smaller stores really rely on dirty techniques to reduce their waste costs unfortunately.

[@bleurose777]

That is the way my work does it.

[@valentinefeatherstone6931]

That's how the store I work at is. I'm a grocery manager and I go up and down the aisles checking dates on products! I take it very seriously! I know if I was a customer I would be pissed I bought something expired. Plus once it expires, we most of the time, lose $$ so we mark it down to hopefully get it sold so we don't have to throw out.

[@Gashnaw]

I am comfortable buying meat at my stores I use to work there, we do not have a meat processor there. All the meat we sold (And the meat they still sell) came in on a truck, they can't repackage it or re-redden it. That said, we actually buy our cuts of meat from an actual butcher. Ground beef, cold cuts and chickens from the store, Steak, pork chops, and ham, the butcher.

[@oneofthemasses6831]

It's very disgusting and enraging. These so called bosses should be forced to eat that moldy fruit. 😠

[@Parakeetfriend4215]

And rotting meat, don't forget.

[@deborahmckinney808]

Kroger's here in USA required worker to cut up moldy fruit for the fruit tray. Eye witness

[@shykat2218]

@@deborahmckinney808 Thanks for the info. I served fruit recently and we decided to cut our own fruit because it was cheaper. Now I can see that we were probably healthier for doing that. Cut and eaten on the same day.

[@boofuzzie]

I'm sure they take home beautiful fresh food to there families because they are not going to feed there children mold rotten smelly food . So they dont care if our babies get sick from eating poison..

[@tinninfran9425]

Hmmm. If you can't smell and see the rot, you don't need to be eating

[@MsSawatzky22]

And here we are, in 2019 - and it's still happening!

[@geochaplin6074]

Look at the lowlife running these places. They come from third world countries and killing people is secondnature to these lowlife.

[@kenjidev576]

@Voltaic Fire none. Else there'd be an unavoidable lawsuit and these places would go down one after the other.

[@mistikthikness6327]

@@kenjidev576 no they wouldn't the neighbour next door will but for smoking weed or raising his voice but these parasites will never see punishment it's worse than this video this is just scratching the surface

[@ZeusHelios]

That's because some people don't care so long as they make money.

[@lalili1358]

@@geochaplin6074 It's not there fault... the higher ups pay them to do their bidding.... they're following orders like sheeple. Forgive them for they don't know what they do.

[@lemonmay3445]

They concealed her identity really well, considering they didn't distort her voice, her hair color, skin color, or clothes...

[@timfredrickson3889]

Or maybe they did and you fell for their trick?

[@petyasonkin6407]

If I worked with her I would have recognized who it was right away. They did a terrible job concealing her identity.

[@DopeAgario]

what store?

[@the_emmasculator]

I agree! If this were a mob type situation she'd have been wacked!

[@ukeelady]

I'd be in their face. Nice lil lawsuit there if she has any losses. On the other hand it's still available and she's had plenty of time to object.

[@willowoodz]

when i lived in the states anytime before 2018- i remember my mom watched this video and immediately switched to shopping at a smaller, local grocery store. this is honestly terrifying and i don’t blame my mom for switching stores haha

[@whelimar9603]

I used to work in a bakery at a grocery store that was small and local, but growing, about 4 stores now, and at least in the bakery this is true. My manager would tell me to date pies that came in frozen (we displayed them in a refrigerated case) for 2 weeks, when I told her the box said it had 5 days, she informed me that was how many days the pie could sit at room temperature. These were cream pies...you really don't want to leave them at room temp for a few hours, let alone a day. The cakes that were made from scratch were then frozen until decorated with no FIFO system. When mixing batters and other items from scratch we often used expired dairy from the dairy department and were told its fine to use. There was so much more going on, but these are things that I often warn people about who I hear speaking about this company.

[@queenmoreau2098]

I would imagine local stores have more to lose and can't waste a dime, so they'd want to extend how long they can sell something to lessen the loss of product because they can't afford as many losses as these multi million dollar companies and corporations. :/ But on the other hand, local stores are more personal, more familiar and involved in the community so they may care about it more, and can't afford to ruin their reputation amongst the locals cause that would also result in loss. So I guess it depends.

[@thesaddestcat70]

I've worked in produce, bakery, and meat at a large chain. None of what they've shown would ever happen at my store. Fruit is washed in antimicrobial and antifungal solutions, it's then dried before being used on a cake. If a cake doesn't sell in five days it's frozen to preserve it till the local food bank can pick it up. If meat needs to be repackaged it retains it's original use by date. Ground beef is the fastest selling item in the meat department and it is only given one day to sell before being donated. There's little incentive to break company policy since we get payed the same amount no mater how profitable the week is. I suspect they would be more inclined to find creative ways of extending the life of their products at a smaller store.

[@bovinityleak2066]

Are there really any “small” grocery stores in the states? Ive never seen an option. If there ate any they are few and veery far between.

[@teferi456]

@@bovinityleak2066 Small is relative to the big chain stores. There are smaller chains and independent stores. Definitely a lot of small ethnic grocery stores too, especially in larger cities.

[@birdyelke775]

The man denying that his company is not tampering with the food should be sued.

[@lorigagliano8384]

They protect him for a reason all of them just about they all deserve prosecution and to be punished for their wrong doings all we can do is pray that they will get justice

[@matthewgodwin3050]

I've got a better idea. Make him eat the food he claims is safe. See how he gets out of that one.

[@oldskoolhead0]

the man denying it probably never explicitly said tamper with dates, he doesnt need to, the shop floor managers are told cut down waste, save money else lose bonus, promotion, job etc, he likely doesnt care how targets are met, only that they are met, the shop floor managers do whatever they deem nescessary to keep bonus, promotion prospects or even just the job and the employee at the bottom just does as they are told, its basically how any big company works, its about money at any cost

[@jamesrusch2638]

put soap in all those liers mouths,then lock em up!!!@nearist jail.!!!!.

[@pepper5209]

More than that he should be removed from his position and made an example of. Just like they do to people for crimes in court, he is allowing serious illness to spread and does not give a dam.

[@FreeAgentDaBest]

Isn't this criminal what they are doing with the meat?

[@143mailliw]

+FreeAgentDaBest only in the us

[@katharina...]

+William Whitt -- 18:20

[@josephparker646]

It is in the USA State of California. Health inspectors do frequently inspect our stores.

[@amysmosquito]

sounds like the answer is "depends on who you ask" lol... it should be really :|

[@josephparker646]

It depends on regional laws. California health and safety laws tend to be much stronger than Canada.

[@saraco501]

i work at Walmart in the bakery and deli, best by dates are taken very seriously. Food isn't even to be donated after the best by date, it is disposed of and taken to the organic bin which is then delivered to a pig farm

[@silversuffer9590]

saraco501 @ Then WALMART =ASDA in the uk buy and SELL the PORK . And the general public EAT it. (Great).

[@amam3527]

what walmart you work at thats where i will shop from now on lol

[@pegasus514]

i think i am done w/pork. disgusting.

[@Roylinns]

THINK OF THE -CHILDREN- PIGS!

[@daschundloverable]

yeah, the missing ones.

[@Irrowboats]

I worked at a Subway and we would put little stickers on it saying when the product expires. My manager told us to just replace the stickers when it expired. Once there was mold on some of our meat, and she asked me to just take the top layer off. The meatballs were only sposed to be good after a few hours, but we would just replace the stickers. We would also put the left over meatballs in the fridge at night, and reheat them the next day, which we are NOT supposed to do.

[@mikeries8549]

That manager was clearing ignoring their food service qualifications and it needs to end. Knows better and still did it that's a special kind of criminal. Ask a judge.

[@herculesgoldenretriever8188]

Let's eat greens from our back yard garden. 🥰🙌🥰

[@Roylinns]

but...then how will we know when its expired?

[@SquarerFiveStudios]

It will usually last between 14 to 30 days before going mouldy.

[@TheBlueThird]

I couldn't agree more. I try to grow most of my vegetables that I eat.

[@Kingvalles]

I used to be a meat clerk/butcher at TOP VALU MARKETS , and at NORTHGATE SUPERMARKETS both in LONG BEACH and marinated meat is garbage. old meat with marinate and sold for more. What truly disgusted me the most was the CHORIZO made there. it's all expired smelly pork , corn dogs with the bread , expired sausage links , expired pork and chicken from the hot foods section , rotten HAM , mixed with "adobo" paste and food colouring , grounded 2 times and into the casings .... I told the store manager and had my hours cut , till I finally told them I quit. I've told everyone I know never to buy marinated meats and specially the CHORIZO

[@keeptrying_not2late2change]

Anthony Valles Thank you!

[@djregina6897]

I used to be a fish department clerk in Montreal while in college and we would do the same thing with fish. Marinated meats/fish are definitely something to stay away from.

[@mafawcett7548]

Anthony Valles that's disgusting yuckkkkkkkk !!!! I am vegan and proud to be vegan I would never go back industry and stores are disgusting..

[@joechestano3358]

My girl & I are both vegetarians & of course we get the usual mockery for being so but we don't care were a lot healthier for it.

[@dianareynolds914]

And people talk about hygiene issues and corruption in developing countries? I eat far better quality and organic food consisting of fruits, veg, and meat purchased from local small farmers or directly from the butcher, who I actually witness butchering the cut of mutton, beef or pork I have requested when I travel in the Caribbean. And when I purchase fish from the fish market, it has, on more than one occasion still been alive when being off loaded from the boat. I'm just floored and disheartened by what I have just seen. It seriously makes me question the so called "superior" quality of life we "think" we are living in supposedly "first world/developed" countries. Thank you for enlightening us!

[@RedWhirlWind]

the problem with developed countries is the political corruption aka capitalism, where profits are more important than citizen. while developing countries also have political corruption and violence, they also have a lack of any safety nets for their citizens, etc. the benefits of living near water and having a good growing climate are just geographic benefits, which don’t really have much to do with developed vs developing countries. while resources are valuable, if you are not a developed nation, you will most likely get taken advantaged by other developed countries, this is also due to a capitalistic mentality.

[@mercymfula9728]

Point

[@easystreet1888]

You like to watch the animals slaughtered do you simply watch the individual piece cut by the butcher?

[@TheMilitantHorse]

Because Venezuela is a capitalist dystopia. Oh wait. It's not.

[@MaikaSan2077]

I worked at a grocery store for 2 years in multiple departments and they've always been strict about the dates. The only time the dates are wrong is because of human error. So I guess it depends on the company and local mangers.

[@AppleSauceGamingChannel]

Should the cows be worried that their grass is expired too?!

[@deanronson6331]

@@AppleSauceGamingChannel You're a de$p!cable human being - probably a trumpoid, always on the side of big business fraudsters.

[@markfox1545]

Mangers?

[@danielmogylevsky5587]

That was the worst censorship I have ever seen in order to protect someone's identity

[@TheRafark]

It was funny lmao

[@VezeTech]

POPPY SEED bruh 💀

[@flip2724]

Haha

[@fatoubintousallah1100]

Lol I thought as much

[@christinab812]

Pricilla Shivvers-Triplett What’s wrong boomer, afraid you won’t be able to sell poison to innocent people anymore?🤣

[@petertremblay3725]

We live on a planet of crooks literally! The lawyer, the dentist, the politician, the banker and even the grocery store so i think we should rename our planet to Crooksland!

[@gelb.8705]

This is one of the coolest and TRUE comment. It is still war and liars around us wearing nice clothes .

[@Pmalhotra225]

Agree 100 percent!

[@tenderplacebo]

@@willoughby1888 Why would you turn it into the postal service? Why not to the bank itself?

[@paulerrett6641]

This out rage is me

Big corporations selling meat that doesn't get bought by rich people and turns rotten at lower prices so the poor people who are eventually able to afford bacteria laden food get sick from it and have to spend their entire lives paying the hospital bills. Hooray for capitalism!

[@m.mickeypayne9811]

Even though this was published in 2015, these practices in supermarket and bakeries, has been going on since at least the 1970's .

[@timbing5731]

B

[@thinkingimpaired5663]

Politicians goal is to poison the health compromised and elderly to cut social security costs. The Politicians won't pass any laws for food safety for the less fortunate because politicians always can afford the best quality food. Existing laws are treated like general rules in the United States.

[@stardream5907]

The best way to understand a business mind set put $10 in the bin at home and throw it out, if that doesn’t bother you then buy a food based business

[@hhs_leviathan]

People been adding Borax to milk since the 19th century to mask the taste...

[@سعدالعمري-ق2س]

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[@peggyhijerry8749]

For over 25 years my brother has worked as a meat manager, at a well-known grocery store. When you see a thinly sliced cut steak on sale or not more than likely they’ve cut the moldy/brown part off and repackaged ,& put it back out!😝

[@michaelvoight7738]

And for 25 years he reported it to you, not to upper level management, the FDA, tv news, etc?

[@ThePinkBinks]

If it was essentially being air dried then it wouldn’t be dangerous. Mould is meant to be on dry cured meat. Don’t rely on that though. If it’s not the right mould you’ll be in trouble.

[@AlexandarValerian]

Oh hey there, I am binge watching these, you?

[@mirageinthedesert5448]

Alexandar Valerian yup

[@stephanierodriguez3362]

same . Farmers market is my fav lol

[@mygorgeousmedia]

Alexandar Valerian yaaaasss!💯

[@georgettesebastiao6981]

Mee too. 😂😂

[@Pattys1967]

i am also,this scares the crap out of me and now i will never ever feel the same way about reduced bread,cookies meat especially omg im done buying prepared food thats for sure,im so glad i found this video

[@mloftin6472]

Every time this scientist is on Marketplace, he shows such joy in his face when he says "fecal."

[@kenmartin2418]

In my younger days I worked in a grocery meat department. Same practice as depicted in this presentation. The "fresh" seafood department was part of the meat department. Fish that was going bad and starting to smell would be rinsed in a light cream like half and half, then put back on display. This video was interesting to watch what was most likely going on in other departments. In later years I worked as a consultant in many industrial facilities. Sometimes at food processing plants. Things going on at that level too.

[@Garth2011]

Sad that all of those employees will complete their work day and say nothing and do nothing to keep a low paying job.

[@janeyd5280]

@@vickikaravas8774 it would need to be anonymously.

[@janeyd5280]

@@Garth2011 they will have a rent to pay, maybe a few kids who need to eat and be clothed.x

[@StrawberryFeildsforNever]

What makes me more sad is that I’m sure most of these practices probably happen in stores that are in low income areas. So people who found out about these practices wouldn’t be able to shop anywhere else. Even if they wanted to

[@mamabear9137]

Save a lot for example

[@kalievesely3200]

I feel like it would happen anywhere

[@Sarge92]

why do they keep hiding the stores identity if a stores doing this call them out instead they make every store sound guilty

[@CherryPauper]

Lawsuits

[@NDK0]

Oh America.. Land of the... Lawsuits.

[@SeanDaRyan]

this is Canada. she was at yonge and dundas in Toronto

[@Sarge92]

But if anything there opening themselves to a lawsuit from stores that don't do this, cause now there telling a innocent stores Customers don't buy there product cause they tamper with it when they could be doing nothing of the sort .

[@Sarge92]

so theyd rather damage the reputation and buisness of the entire industry than call out that one store my point is instead of saying dont buy this from this one store there saying dont buy this from any store essentially taring the entire grocery industry with the same brush

[@JackTheSt_Ripper]

No wonder why our strawberries spoil so damn fast....

[@princessbanana4625]

Your probably keeping them in unideal conditions. Keep in mind they are sold at peak ripeness so it doesn't take long for them to go past that either.

[@JackTheSt_Ripper]

@@princessbanana4625 I know. They tend to go bad rather quick just after 3-4 days. Unless you keep them cold they can stay longer

[@gossman75]

Just send it to the grocery store. We'll sell it to someone else! LOL

[@pinklungs420]

Store them in a glass jar like a mason jar. They last forever

[@lorriechacon2731]

Just bought some red meat, took right home and opened it up to find it brown and smelly in the middle, I took it back, they said there was "Nothing wrong with it and it must have been the Garlic they put into it" I said "Now you are putting GARLIC into the red meats" and all the customers jaws just dropped.

[@sachadee.6104]

wow. That's crazy. (unless the label mentioned ALL the ingredients)

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

A customer or someone dear to them could have an allergy

[@danielhughes396]

Aww snap

[@thebearybestvirals2214]

Good job

[@MikesGarageReviews]

I would’ve crammed it right in their face.

[@jessica33313]

This channel is a blessing. and I watch this from America which I know for a fact they do the same thing!! Keep it up!!

[@CHRISTisKing197]

Imagine a world where the FDA actually did their job

[@TDotLalo]

Oh I'm sure it happens in the US too, but this particular video is all Canada.

[@jw4673]

FDA?

[@ziffy8532]

@@jw4673 Food and Drug Administration

[@stephaniehowe0973]

Its Canada

[@jessicah3450]

Well with Trump doing away with all of the government regulations.... Read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, it won't be long until we go back to this.

[@Syrnian]

Meat that is not ground is not a problem so long as it is cooked properly. The tart is less expensive than the fruit that sits on it. Why retop it? "It's furry already." I love this guy. Do not eat bread with mold. What you see and cut off is just the fruiting body. By the time the fruiting body has appeared, mycelium (that you cannot see) has grown throughout most if not all of the bread. Toss it.

[@maryrackauskis759]

Thank you for explainig this!!!!!

[@robertbougie904]

Great job exposing this! Keep it up and keep us canadians informed.

[@brooklynjones2633]

I worked in the HEB seafood department and helped in the bakery. We NEVER messed with sale by dates! That’s crazy! Anything marinated was made that day or the day before. I am so glad they took it seriously.

[@sammyt3514]

That RCC president at the end should be ashamed of himself; his pathetic denial of what has been proven through the CBC investigation means he's not qualified to be at the job that he is.

[@Oceansta]

Actually, he's really good at his job. Coz his job is to lie and protect the member retailers.

[@davidhudson5452]

Know No Evil See No Evil Hear No Evil

[@heatherm2140]

His response was basically, 🙉 "La la la la! I can't hear you! I'm not listening! La la laaaaa!" Pathetic.

[@MrPerry435]

His denial is the level of an owner on Kitchen Nightmares, and that's scary.

[@anthonybutto1925]

@@heatherm2140 I can sing the "La la la la bye! goodbye song" before crawling into bed but his response was basically pathetic. People listening to him makes people wonder what to do and makes me wanna throw my hands in the air. I think it's wise to say why some people say grace before every meal.

[@NondescriptMammal]

I remember when these were labeled as "Sell by" instead of "Best before", and the subtle change in wording seems significant to me.

[@danluckins4071]

yeah "best before" sounds like "still ok after" whereas "Sell by" sounds like "dont sell after"

[@mattcrandall5045]

"Sell by" tells me either buy or freeze by that date. "Best by", for me at least, implies that after that date, it's all downhill

[@gaylebrady2838]

Sell by leaves the store legally liable. Best before says buy it at your own risk.😲

[@mattcrandall5045]

@@gaylebrady2838 exactly. They're basically saying, "you should use it by this day, but you do you. We're not liable"

[@NondescriptMammal]

@@gaylebrady2838 I think that sums it up pretty well.

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

I would like Marketplace to do a followup on these grocery chains.

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

Marketplace... PLEASE *INVESTIGATE* Tangerine Bank. They are *HOLDING ON* TO *OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY* for " *Security* Reasons" . Including *MINE!!!!* Look into Trustpilot Reviews!!!! *ONLY* 1/5 stars. Please *investigate!!!!*

[@stevethea5250]

@@rvpstudioscanada3991 she should define hard and soft FOODS for the consumers 17:58 🤦

[@tobidobidu1129]

Behavior like this varies from company to company. I worked at 2 cafés in my student-life. The first one we were told to be VERY safe about expiration dates and "best before" labeling. We even got the allowance of our boss to throw anything out we had doubts about if it was still good. The second place I worked on, mainly sold cake. I worked sparcely whenever Uni allowed it. But it was quite disturbing to return to my shift after 2 weeks of study, just to find the very same cake in the display I left there in my past shift. I always threw it away if that happened, and just told my boss it sold out when he asked where it went. I didn't care much if he found out and fired me. It was just to get some cash on the side. My life wasn't depending on this job. But I'd much rather get fired than potentionally harming the customers that I serve.

[@SilverSunPublishing]

Thank you for telling consumers the truth about your findings. Good job!

[@nicolebrown7244]

"Technically" this is premeditated, it's a crime if someone dies, yes it's that serious.

[@seedplanter7173]

What about all the vaccine related deaths? And disease? That's ok?

[@HoosierSquad1]

I subscribed to u

[@seedplanter7173]

@@HoosierSquad1 to me? or not to me? that is the question? if yes..thanks. if no...disregard message

[@kenjidev576]

There are many other indicators that make it a crime. If you can prove it that is

[@breathoffreshair7795]

SeedPlanter there are none. Do better research that isnt self confirming

[@zzulm]

I have worked in a deli and a fast food restaurant and when there is poor management there is poor quality.

[@lynnemcdermott1922]

This was a GREAT program. I learned so much. Fantastic job!

[@James-kv6kb]

Worst production values I've seen since the internet was invented

[@Sevilen7]

go to a butcher. it may cost more but it's quality and you'll be helping a small business owner.

[@connorsim9624]

I work in a meat department and the only big worry is store packaged ground meats, if its pre-packaged somewhere else it is always going to be better quality.

[@interracial2564]

to make out of my sickness ?

[@mirooovuujjj7918]

Go to Bucher

[@passionfruitfruit]

I guess butchers do the same. They don't want to 'waste' their money too.

[@Scheater1337]

Frozen stuff is also (usually) much fresher than "fresh" stuff in supermarkets. Wether you are talking about vegetable or meat. Frozen meat can't get rotten as easily and they will pretty much always freeze it without a major delay. Or unripe fruits that ripe during the travel in boxes to be fresh in your supermarket - better to have them frozen on harvest and then transported.

[@jamesvincent9135]

I love it when cbc makes useful, non partisan material like this. It's actually tax money well spent. Problem is it's rare.

[@blueberrysavers3547]

Best before: food may be safe to eat but with low quality (no risk of food poisoning) Use by: food may be unsafe to eat as there is a risk of food poisoning

[@cynthiam4089]

But that best before might have already been tarnished and re-done

[@mistikthikness6327]

Freeze your meat when you get home Ive still got scotch fillet from last year in the freezer still good just don't freeze defrost than re freeze again

[@pennyk1943]

I’ve worked for a famous grocery store in the US, in the bakery department and what this young lady said is all true. Pies that had expired were cut in half and re baked as cobbler. I bought a lot of baked goods from there but only the frozen ones and in the original form. Of course, I knew which ones during my shift. When the store was bought by Wall Street corporation , at night all the baked goods in the self serve cases were repackaged and dated for sale ( yeah, after some nasty customers would touch with their bare hands). I now bake my own stuff. Million recipes on you tube. I also don’t suggest you buy already cut fruit and vegetables, especially fruit, don’t be lazy, a few minutes and you’re safe.

[@NeilRoy]

Suddenly, my junk food like chips seems like the healthier choice.

[@alyssarobertsworld]

Neil Roy right! Processed food at least stays in the container

[@bigbobbybob6810]

Lol

[@whatsgood5446]

You're soooo funny... i Agree Are u in Ontario

[@NeilRoy]

@Tempa T Awesome! I love chicken soup, planning to have some tomorrow in fact. ;) Any excuse to have more is good in my books. Though I rarely get a cold anymore (I don't remember the last one) or any virus type of illness since I stopped eating unclean meats like pork. I strongly feel they cause a lot of problems and most likely contribute to weakening out immune systems. Since I stopped eating them, I also stopped getting the flu and colds for the most part.

[@NeilRoy]

@Tempa T Nice! I use fresh ground black pepper all the time. The kind that comes in a bottle with a built in pepper grinder so I grind it myself (much better flavour). Though I still question the theory that cholesterol causes heart attacks, given the fact that it is a natural substance created by the body and used for things like repairing arteries and such. The whole idea of it causing heart attacks was rejected by the AMA when it was first proposed. And more recently I heard a heart surgeon state that he seen more people with low cholesterol coming in with heart problems than those with high cholesterol. This fact surprised him causing him to look into the history of cholesterol and the idea that it causes heart attacks and that is when t he guy discovered the idea was rejected in the past when it was first proposed. Cholesterol lowering medications have been found to make no difference in your life span when examined in studies and they cause big problems in your legs, with weakening and other issues. My dad has high cholesterol, he was on Lipitor (a statin) for a while, but it weakened his legs so he went off of it. He just turned 79. So... I wouldn't worry so much about that. There is more evidence that SUGAR is a major cause of heart attacks. In fact, a secret document was found in a sugar company's records (it went bankrupt) where they KNEW about this as far back as the '70s. Excess, processed sugar causes diabetes, heart attacks and is even suspected to cause Alzheimer's disease.

[@carlenerecto9384]

this is sad of how people are that selfish to tamper with food that can coast peoples life just for money

[@kikenna]

I know, it's horrifying

[@obamer1342]

Sad sure but there's nothing you can do about other people's greed. You just need to be cautious.

[@tommymiddlefinger1283]

Reality.

[@1USAUSA]

Simon WoodburyForget i don't know what planet you are from, but when something is rotten or spoiled it usually means it is not safe to eat. Sure you can eat the rotten food but I guarantee you that you will either get sick and/or be poisoned requiring immediate medical attention. I accidentally ate 2 month old baloney and within an hour I was gagging and throwing up everything for 15 minutes. Needless to say, I became sick and had to take medication.

[@jonathandpg6115]

The part that's sad is it's mostly because they can't effectively manage their store proprely as if they have to do this it means there was some issue down the line. Otherwise there should be very few foods that ever do go bad if any

[@kabo0m]

20:12 seems the Retail Counsel of Canada does not care about management telling their employees to fudge the best before dates at all... David Wilkes says: "I don't accept that .. dates .. have been changed or altered... " "They can trust the quality of food that is in Canadian stores". "Steps are already in place." "I don't need to do that (enforce the policies) because policies are already in place.." Did he listen to anything she said AT ALL???

[@distantsanity030]

I worked in the grocery business half my life. While I did not put up with this behavior and horrible practices in my department, there were plenty who did. Hearing about people who would get caught extending dates or tampering made me only tighten the reigns harder on my crew. Food safety was the only thing that mattered in my department. The fact that some people have no integrity and couldn’t care less about making someone sick is just insane.

[@chaplaintaylor2327]

O M G😮

[@gdcleanfun]

Now I know why sometimes when I buy ground meat and open it to use that same day and it smells bad already before its best before date. I'm sure that meat tampering goes on in that local grocery store. I'll be much more careful of my purchases going forward.

[@mikebrabant4170]

You should return it to the store and demand a refund. Most people just throw it out without saying anything. That's your money going into the garbage. Also the store manager was glad I returned it so he could do something about it with his employees. He gave me double the meat at no charge.

[@bigbobbybob6810]

@@mikebrabant4170 Typical American 🥴

[@milliesoucoup8637]

Awesome

[@milliesoucoup8637]

Awesome

[@virginiawallace87]

Millie Soucoup (If I May) You are one smart lady. “Back in the day” you went to the Butcher for your meat my Mom would pick her roast a they butchered it tied it up. Then she got top of the round ground twice for hamburgers. I always thought that was gross, but now realize she was a careful shopper. Back to my butcher after this warning. 🇺🇸😷

[@MyMusicII]

I worked as a Deli Mgr at a few different grocery stores over 13+ yrs. The stories I could tell, lol! The owners/corporate are desperate to save $$ and hate to throw anything away. Most vendors give credit for outdated items, so stores are actually getting paid twice for the same product sometimes.

[@paulfleming715]

My Music Yes, I believe it..

[@pamelat5440]

Well, this is probably the 10th video I watch of Marketplace and trust me I’m questioning everything 😂

[@markymarkdays]

I’m glad we have HEB in Texas . I’m a refrigeration tech that worked at many HEBS and they where always on point with temperatures and dates on all their products

[@linebrunelle1004]

Haha. awwwww. so cute

[@lynnleigha580]

When in doubt, throw it out

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Also, don't buy fresh what you can't finish

[@qweqwe700]

this is a good start to going on a diet. This type of reporting never gets tired

[@priayief]

So the message I get from this piece is that self-regulation simply doesn't work. Gee, what a surprise!

[@RhondaBland]

Basically we have a case of the foxes busting the chops of other foxes raiding the hen house and that don't work because at the end of the day all the foxes sit down to a big chicken dinner!

[@jusayenso8186]

Captain Ron.....psst....don't tell the people running all our suburbs and cities....their too busy covering false controversies where their is no easy solution. That's why they do this. Its all one big mind tricking game to get citizens involved in issues can't be fixed. And to this day, over 90% of the public doesn't get it. The people in control know all about these comments. They don't care. They have us sidetracked daily on the news about topics that can never be solved. Its simple sales games. Mind games are truly more powerful than nuclear weapons. Only 1% of the working class knows this. But guess who knows this? The average bum on the street? Nope...The millions of working class? ..Nope...Only the salesman in control know these simple mind games. They have always worked! (Not counting legal slave masters)...So now they just adapted to control our brains.....next best alternative to slavery. Have a nice day!

[@sewfantastic7257]

I have trust issues so I can't eat meat, I cut my foot bad when I was little and one day at the store I saw a pig foot and that was it for me. I asked my mom do they have people feet my mom said no but my brother say yes. And the veggie life begin,I don't even like looking at raw meat, it make me wonder about animals lover. Just how much do you love fluffy with or without gravy.

[@chenks54]

Yeah - Give the public a bone of contention to chew on while, the rich, can continue extorting money by whatever means. Even if the public do complain, we now have procedures set in place that must be adhered to, but are so convoluted that they'll have you running round in circles for eternity without getting anywhere.

[@evadeanu1]

Unbelievable that this is happening in Canada. Shame on the stores for their greediness. Thanks Marketplace!

[@auggiequeenparker]

Not at Publix! We donate everything to the food bank. Our dates are short, so they're still good for the food banks!

[@jcali1323]

We don’t have any in California but my family in GA loves it! I’ve been a few times when visiting. I’ve heard nothing but good things. 😊👍🏾

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Good for you at Publix. To bad we don't have one here.

[@lovingsunshine3515]

I wish Wal-Mart did that. My mom works in the deli and all the food that wasn't sold before they closed that night get thrown out even when they're still good to eat. Employees aren't allowed to bring them home either. Such a waste!

[@christianromero6604]

Wowm.wish we had that in Wisconsin .I remember living in Florida and they had bomb fresh sandwiches there....

[@miriammaldonado7848]

@@lovingsunshine3515 Good to know!

[@brucec43]

Don't buy prepared food at a grocery store.

[@skillcoiler]

Like raw beef.....

[@glenjamindle]

I absolutely love pre-roasted chicken from the store, but I know they are the ones that were about to get thrown out. I still don't care.

[@Dockhead]

if you really think the butchers are any better you are mistaken, butchers have admitted looking and seeing cancerious growths on meat and still blend them or hide them into there meat knowing fine well someone is unknown to knowing it, same goes with bad bits. yes there are examples of good butchers but trust me tight business makes people do unjustly things.

[@jameswalker3416]

@@glenjamindle not true in the store I work at rotisserie chicken are injected so there different then the ones the meat department. U can tell by if the legs are tied up with a colored string.

[@ihazdaforks]

Nah not my store that I worked called Woolworths, Australia, prepared food was done fresh and whole chickens were fresh too. The deli cooked them and had their own chickens.

[@kikenna]

This kind of makes me want to stop eating meats and anything from a bakery. Then again, I'm sure the tampering could also apply to fruits and other things as well.

[@Natalia-cb5gf]

Agreed

[@Merc89PSU]

The video talks about it being done to fruits too.

[@rush2124u2]

But have you seen the factory;s were processed food is made. makes me sick how they do it and the chemicals inside

[@marksmyth3223]

Get a good butcher; and bake your own cakes/treats.:)

[@therachealg]

I used to work at Giant Eagle in the meat department and we were very strict when it came to expiration dates. If the meat expired that day, we would mark it completely down to like 75% off and put it in a special section in the cooler and if it didn't get sold we would throw all that product away. We never messed with expiration dates. Now when it comes to Wal-Mart and other supermarkets, I'm not sure what they do.

[@Mita7538]

I love segments like these. They have little to no effect in change. People like being ignorant even if it causes them their health. You should not purchase meat from chain stores. Almost never.

[@kimberleerivera3334]

And they do!

[@joannholmes8726]

Gross. Food rots before I can eat it because it is rotten when I buy it.

[@lindac.3773]

Good thing you didn't eat it, that it rotted before you could eat it.

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

JoAnn, ... have you tried buying NON rotten food? I've been told it IS available! ;-)

[@stevethea5250]

@@lindac.3773 value added

[@1948tc]

From now on I will be looking at my meats more carefully and I quit my bakery items at my local Walmart and H.E.B. stores here in Texas ! I know more of their seasoning tricks and marinating tricks ! So they lost me on those foods !

[@angiemartinez5014]

same here!

[@kellyrabe5180]

I live on the middle west in the USA my mom would go to the other side of town to go shopping we had a piggie wiggle just 5 mins away but the food did seem right that was back in the 90s

[@alanbrown7436]

I worked in the butchery retail industry for 5 years. I never tampered with meat. My solution was to reduce the price as the unsold products got close to best before date. It always sold very quickly.

[@rhondaallen6878]

Thank you Alan Brown

[@heartforchrist7004]

I can say as a former bakery worker at publix when closing the bakery once the best by date came around i had to scann everything and place it in a cart than it was taking out of the bakery. So glad our piblix was clean and honest.

[@desireemahone7345]

See I knew I wasn’t buggin when half my ground beef was brown and the other half red

[@sandman503]

Do some research, beef turns brown when it is deprived of oxygen. It had nothing to do with it going bad

[@woodulike2know391]

Usually theyre not lazy enough to add the red dye first. But aparently your deli worker was really lazy that day.

[@jaeweber1]

@Piatequila What world do you live in?

[@ioanlightoller4934]

I've found that, too. I don't bur factory meat any more and no longer have that problem.

[@hydrolito]

Red often caused by food coloring.

[@jonnomarko7072]

As a retired Executive Chef my policy has always been "fresh is best", both in business and private. It is a real shame that the consumer has become reliant upon ALL food outlets to do the right thing...... in fact this doco should serve as a wakeup call to everyone .... if in doubt, throw it out!!!!! The regulating authorities are remiss in allowing such practices to occur within the food industry and should be taken to task for their lack of oversight and regulatory accountability. The consumer has the right to litigate where there is clear wrong doing. It is well known that large companys hide their wrong doing behind their 'Brand' ...... spin doctors are employed to negate any adverse public reactions.

[@bighow378]

When I first became an event specialist or product demonstrator in a grocery store I took a package of cereal off the shelf paid for it and started handing out samples. I just happened to look at the expiration date and the box had a do not sell past date over 3 years old. That store eventually had a private company come in and checked everything on the shelves and discarded almost a half a semi trailer worth of out dated food. Not so much the stores fault or maybe it was but the products were not being rotated when newer stuff came in. Even today 8 years later I still find out of date stuff on shelves of many stores. ALWAYS CHECK FRESHNESS DATES BEFORE BUYING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrHitotsumusha]

In Japan, when you shop, you'll notice that the food stock seems low. They don't keep it filled all the way. Things that aren't sold after the before dates are thrown out. Other goods that are getting close to the expiry dates are shipped to discounted stores and sold at a big discount. Sometimes the supermarkets keep the food till the day before it expires but also sells it at a nice discount around 50%. Japan is trying to minimize food waste. I wished Canadian supermarkets didn't cheat their customers.

[@peggyoneill6377]

I was a bakery manager for Safeway we never did any date changing. Some managers might do this for better numbers. At the store I worked at we donated anything not refrigerated, on the before date.

[@3eyeWatching]

Im going to start driving to farms and buy the food myself.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Anesu- That is a good idea. But if you live within an urban area it may be hard to find farms that sell directly to the consumer.

[@anthonybutto1925]

I think it's wise to say why some people say grace before every meal.

[@Golfr2020]

Na. Just don't eat meats and dairy.

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

So, grace is actually a prayer for continued good health despite the food that is being served? I did not know that.

[@anthonybutto1925]

@@grahammcfadyenhill9555 There is a lot in life that mankind does not know. If you were to ask me, who, how, when, where, why and what, I would not know.

[@mistie8908]

I worked at Burns foods years ago and after Christmas when hams were returned from grocery stores with mold on them we would wash them off with vinegar and water, repackage them and send them back to stores. When l questioned what they were doing was told to do my job.

[@Tsiri09]

moral of the story? Cook/bake at HOME!

[@goenitz0289]

@YoungD3mon314 u will grow whatever animal for the meat u need while only feeding it food u have grown urself

[@goenitz0289]

@YoungD3mon314 yes, that was the joke.

[@susieadare9899]

Watch salmon confidential about Canadians ; worse the 38 year old filmographer mysteriously turned up unexplained dead: her work exposed powerful money in fishing and Canadian politics

[@slartybartfast6249]

So you slaughter your own meat, grow your own produce and grind your own wheat? Impressive.....

[@Kaeepe]

With groceries moldy meat ? I dont think so... 😿

[@jayit6851]

"They're aren't doing anything wrong" "But we have mounds of evidence that they are" "Nope, that's wrong"

[@brianbrewster6532]

I bought potato salad, about 3 lbs worth from a supposedly reputable market in Hamilton Square, NJ. The top of this seemed fresh but 2 tablespoons down, the food starting tasting very sour. It was quite obvious, 90% of this food was old and a bit of new stuff dumped on top to make it appear 100% fresh. I was so outraged that I took it back the next day and demanded my money back. Let me tell you folks: supermarket managers will comply almost always to the will of the customer, especially if you start raising your voice in outrage. Nothing kills business faster than bad mouthing the products they sell. Don't be afraid of standing your ground. But be very afraid for the millions of others that fall silent because they are afraid to be confrontational about these serious matters. Don't forget - tens of millions of people contract food poisoning each year. You needn't look far to find the source.

[@robertlloydlincolnrobertskoy]

Sainsbury's store and Tesco's stores have done plenty of these practices in Leicester city UK. Film me visiting shops in Leicester, Leicestershire,etc, anytime you are ready.

[@dee2140]

The bloke at he end obviously doesn’t give a s... The companies doing this should be prosecuted, heavily fined & then put out of business, ‘cause they’re obviously untrustworthy & they are literally putting peoples health at risk.

[@ajpc66]

It's just what people do, pretty normal to me: 2Tim 3:1-5.

[@dee2140]

Alvaro Cardoso It doesn’t make it right though

[@ajpc66]

@@dee2140 Right, I agree 100%, it's just the world around us.

[@saynotohookups]

@@ajpc66 You also said that it was pretty normal to you as though it was okay. Get it together.

[@ajpc66]

@@saynotohookups on the contrary I hate this behavior, but knowing human nature I do and the roots of human behavior this doesn't surprise me at all, I live surrounded by this kind of stuff and worse. What would surprise me is people putting other people's interests ahead of their own.

[@edricdayne3571]

This happened when the relationship between retailer and consumer ended. Once, when there were small stores and businesses where the owners knew their customers this kind of thing happened much less frequently. But as they disappeared and multi nationals took over the distance between retailers and their customers grew so great it caused sellers to see consumers as just numbers instead of people.

[@georgelambo5145]

im becoming a farmer after this. Gonna buy some cows right now.

[@Rivergirl2878]

georgelambo it would be more profitable, better for the environment, space efficient, and sustainable to grow crops instead of cattle.

[@thefaceoffuzz]

Just go vegan.

[@georgelambo5145]

@@thefaceoffuzz nope

[@V3ctor003]

@@Rivergirl2878 let him, sound good in theory but after he has to feed them then smell their poopoo, he will be begging for someone to take them.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

me too lol I'm gonna live off the land and grow my own food or forage it

[@divinefemininekila2848]

Worked for Walmart let me tell you that they do this 🙂

[@marymessina7398]

I have purchased discounted bakery products from Walmart. They are stale by the time they have expiration dates. I never buy anything outdated at Walmart anymore.

[@jxavier3876]

My school cafeteria does this often and they barely even hide it.

[@AsifAAli]

LMAO.

[@ronpats1142]

😱

[@enyah]

yeah, I remember getting a bag of chips and I saw that there was sharpie on the expiration date and they wrote a new one!

[@ronpats1142]

@@enyah 😱

[@bovinityleak2066]

Thats why school cafeterias always smell so delicious

[@rubenrubinos1125]

This is still happening 6 years later! I've had to send items back before the sell by date ( mold in breads) and more.

[@mikbubble8049]

CBC: "This is a problem." Corporations: "Problem? What problem? What's a problem? There's none of those around here."

[@raisa_cherry35]

Lol 😂

[@paullie1963]

Have to wonder how old that meat 50% off is. You know the "Cook tonight, or freeze" stuff.

[@bg147]

When the ground beef is brown under the surface, I wonder if someone tried to hide it by remolding the meat.

[@sergeanthunter8784]

Sellers bros in Houston Texas has done this for years and recently got caught by a snitch that worked in the store called the news and the news came with city food inspectors and the meat in the back had maggots and they would scrap them off and freeze it and put it back to sell on the shelf. And they still are doing it to this day. The marinated chicken legs and quarters the meat is supposed to look white and it looks black, they just cover it in lemon pepper and BBQ rub and package it for sell again.

[@RhondaBland]

That is beyond awful! Wow! Glad I've never shopped there!!!

[@stephanierodriguez3362]

Wow thats very scary

[@alinafstrmom7725]

Eewwwww... beyond Disgusting! Maggots?? Barf!

[@pdiddy523]

I never shop there because it looks nasty all over.

[@everythingmatters6308]

A whistle blower, not a "snitch."

[@thepeff]

The most polite 'gotcha' journalist I've ever seen

[@Canadaheather]

When I worked in a coffee shop, robins donuts, The deli meats for the sandwiches, we would be told to go through them about every three days. Any that were discoloured or slimy, we were told to throw out, but all the rest of the meat that was touching that contaminated piece was still to be used. Often, they would be mould or slime in the areas that all the vegetables were capped, because they weren't being cleaned out. I could go on and on.

[@steveroberson1896]

Recently I worked @ a local soup kitchen & was instructed to serve the public food that was sometimes as much as 5 years past the expiration dates !