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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A national (not US) cake company uses expired ingredients because it's cheaper. Yes, I did report them to the authorities.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You did a great job, OP.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And nothing happened after you reported them I assume?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

AFAIK they did get a couple visits from sanitary inspectors, but I haven't been in contact since.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say "not US", can you elaborate? In the US, expiration dates mean absolutely nothing regarding food safety. I'm not sure if that applies elsewhere, though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brazil. Here, expiry dates are taken VERY seriously. Fines for selling bad food can quickly rise to hundreds of thousands of dollars per occurrence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I imagine in countries with tropical areas, expired food can kill a lot of people very quickly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

How did that go?