1 / 40 'Best Before' doesn't mean 'Throw Away After..'

Hilary Benn, the former environment minister,<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6000028/Ignore-best-before-labels-says-minister.html" target="_blank"> said people should ignore "best before" labels and decide for themselves if food is still good.</a> Benn said in 2009 that "best before" dates served little useful purpose and could be cheerfully ignored - they just mean when the food is at its freshest. He said: "There's 'use by' and that's very important because that's food safety; but when it comes to 'sell by' or 'best before', I think we as consumers [need to] understand better what those labels mean.|

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