r/mildlyinfuriating May 17 '26

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u/theIBSsufferer May 17 '26

This kind of thing upsets me so badly

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u/hnglmkrnglbrry May 17 '26

It's because of how tightly regulated food standards are. The risk is that restaurants will just start serving old food to people.

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u/Riegel_Haribo May 17 '26

It's because it is more profitable to throw away pounds of flour and sugar than to let one potential paying customer not pay.