Janet B. wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> On Oct 6, 1:29?am, "Default User" > wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> Glasswalker wrote:
>>>>>> Hey all.
>>>>
>>>>>> Just wondering how long deli meat can be expected to store in the
>>>>>> fridge? I'm talking about meat (in this case salami, pastrami,
>>>>>> and pepperoni) sliced and purchased from the deli in the local
>>>>>> supermarket. This deli in particular wraps the meat with some
>>>>>> paper, and then puts it in a zip top bag with a slider zipper.
>>>>
>>>>> Read the "use by" date on the package.
>>>>
>>>> What package? He's talking about stuff purchased from the deli.
>>>> I've never seen any dates on those.
>>>
>>> You never will. If they have a scale that generates a weight/$$
>>> label it will also print the date of sale, but not a use-by
>>> date.... pre- packaged, factory sealed cold cuts are labeled with a
>>> *sell*-by date but not a use-by date. Even fresh meats have no
>>> use-by date, only a sell-by date. But then Jill is different from
>>> the rest of us, she has a butcher buddy who fills her personal
>>> needs.
>>>
>> You're just jealous because you never thought about asking the
>> butcher to grind meat for you. At any rate, I don't buy cold cuts.
>> I despise cold sandwiches. But I'm pretty sure at the deli they can
>> slap on a sticker that
>> says "use by".
>>
> I would think the supermarket/deli would be opening themselves up to a
> liability lawsuit if they did that. A 'use-by' date only applies to
> the unopened package. In this case the unopened package would be the
> entire hunk of bologna or cheese or whatever that the deli cuts from.
> Depending upon when they cut into the primary cut, how quickly it is
> being sold and how it was handled, as Sheldon says, the clock is
> ticking.
> Janet

And as I said for the last 10 years on rfc, I don't eat cold sandwiches. So
I don't buy "fresh" sliced deli meats. But I can't see how putting a
warning on them would open them up to lawsuits. More like the defendant
saying, "They didn't tell me! Now I want $10,000,000! because I was stupid
enough to eat green deli sliced meat!"

Jill