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We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The majority of Americans have no clear idea what “sell by” labels are trying to tell them. But after 40 years of letting us guess, the grocery industry has made moves to clear up the confusion. The Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the two largest trade groups for the grocery industry, announced that they’ve adopted standardized, voluntary regulations to clear up what product date labels mean. Jeff and Anthony discuss their stance on eating past-date food, and when something should be thrown away.

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0:00.0	We are obligated as a business to try and take
0:03.0	as much of your money as possible.
0:04.3	That's why we've come up with new products to sell you.
0:07.6	We got shirts, we got hats, we got all kinds of things for you.
0:11.4	If you want a Brock Life shirt,
0:13.2	if you want a Jetpack Rescue Squad shirt,
0:16.0	Ooh, that salmon can, it shirts cool.
0:17.6	If you want any of that stuff,
0:18.8	you want a hat that says they's aliens, we got you.
0:21.3	We have concerns.com slash shop.
0:24.3	Meat.
0:30.3	Meat.
0:31.9	Meat.
0:35.6	Meat.
0:38.8	Perhaps you thought you were special.
0:40.2	That was the specialist part.
0:41.6	No, you actually were not special.
0:44.2	This is We Have Concerned, hi Jeff Canada.
0:46.0	Hi Anthony Carboni.
0:47.2	Hello concerned citizen.
0:48.3	We asked you a question Anthony,
0:49.4	you open your fridge and you look at,
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