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Concerns about unusually long expiration dates on shelter food
1:08:55
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Council Member Julie Won raises concerns about unusually long expiration dates on food served in shelters.
- Specific mention of Regina's Caterers food expiring years after production
- Questions about how manufacture dates and expiration dates are monitored
- Kate MacKenzie acknowledges this is the first time hearing about such long expiration dates
- Highlights the need for further investigation into this issue
Julie Won
1:08:55
Have you checked people's expiration dates for the meals on why it expires years and years and years out from the day that it's produced?
1:09:04
How are we looking at the manufacture date and the expiration date of our meals that we're serving human beings in these shelters?
Kate MacKenzie
1:09:12
So that would not be in the menu review, that would be in the like storage and prep storage and the the the inspection list that we referenced, the the safety, you know, clearly, again, like, when when there's food storage that involved everything, you know, they're looking for expired food clearly.
1:09:31
And then we you know, this is the first time I'm hearing about something like this that you referenced with an expiration date into 02/1930.
1:09:38
I'm not familiar with that but I'd have to learn more about that.
Julie Won
1:09:41
Okay.