Cooked meat, for example, how is the customer to know which pack is the freshest oe which has the longest shelf life??
We donât eat a lot of ready cooked meat but veg you can tell by your eyes and nose .
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Isnât it to do with food standards? I am sure the code requires that all packaged foods with a shelf life of less than two years must have a date mark. (I read it somewhere)
Fresh fruit and veg doesnât have this requirement but things like milk do.
I am surprised it is allowed
Are they scrapping dates on meat products? Or do they just mean fruit and veg?
Iâm not happy about it at all. Yes we can all use the sniff test etc., but people these days only do a weekly shop, so something that looks ok on a Friday might not be ok for the full week or even a few days, so I think there will be even more food going in the bin or people with food poisoning etc.
As far as I know, fruits and vegetables donât have use by dates here. I donât eat meat, but it would bother me if meat didnât have use by dates, for the people who do eat meat. For packaged goods, the use by dates are pretty long. I like seeing them.
I tried to read the article but it requires me to âsign inâ?
Does the article state it will apply to cooked meats? I canât see that happening as wouldnât the supermarket be held responsible, if someone became ill, or died due to food poisoning?
I have noticed that some of the supermarkets have stopped putting âsell byâ dates on fruit and vegetables for a while now. I think they are following Aldi and Lidl.
Well it`s back to the good old days when there were no best before/eat before days then.
If it looks good,buy it ,if it smells good,buy it,if it looks like it still has a pu;se,give it to customer services.
Anything totaake our minds of covid and politics is fine by me.
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Pretty sure itâs just fruit and veg that M&S are talking about. Also itâs the âbest beforeâ dates theyâre scrapping, not âuse byâ. Actually, not sure if fruit and veg have traditionally had âuse byâ dates anyway - anyone know?
I canât imagine any retailers would scrap the âuse byâ dates on meat products - would this even be allowed?
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Reminder to oneself,do not type in the dark.enough said.
I read it and hadnât noticed, until you said!
Canât you edit it?
Sorry Atrangel,but have i missed something ?.
Ah thatâs OK, I have never seen use by dates on fruit and veg, they are only for processed and packaged food.
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Butchers donât have use by dates on their meat. I donât buy meat from a butcher unless Iâm using it for that exact day, just for that reason.
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I saw this in the news too, and wondered how many people are going to be touching fruit & veg to check its quality before they buy itâŠsurely the handling will affect it?! Also, with the dairyâŠunless you open it, how can you do the âsniffâ test? I donât have the money to try and play these guessing gamesâŠI want to know if my food is safe to eat, end of story. 
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I am appalled by this âdevelopmentâ.
I believe itâs the best before date on M&S fruit and veg thatâs going .
I mostly buy unpackaged fruit & veg so this doesnât affect me.
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What a club of wimps and worriers!!
It states quite clearly that itâs only FRUIT AND VEGETABLES and itâs Best Before NOT Sell By Date which is purely advisory anyway!! 
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brokenvows, l thought you were referring to the above.
Mind boggling. They donât do that now? Amazing how different places do things differently.