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Some expired foods stay on shelves.(Trends)(Brief article)

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Sure, you check the sell-by date before buying milk, but many other products might also be past their prime. That's what we found when we sent seven mystery shoppers to look for expired food in 31 supermarkets and supercenters in Connecticut, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington state. Although the Michigan and Washington shoppers found no expired products, the rest found a total of 72 items that were past their sell-by dates. (We didn't count multiples of identical products.)

The Texas shopper found 23 products at four of eight stores. They included yogurts, dips, cottage cheese, and hot dogs, cold cuts, and other processed meats. The Connecticut shopper went to two stores and found 22 items, including ground meat, shrimp cocktail, and carrot juice. Most ancient of all was a tub of cream cheese. ...

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