Date Labeling Food Reduces Complaints
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 - Stores
which date label food may have
fewer consumer complaints
about freshness, as well as im
proved stock rotation practices,
according to a report issued
today by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
A study prepared jointly by the
USDA’s Economic Research
Service and the Consumer
Research Institute found either
pack dates (when the item was
packed or processed) or pull
dates (the last day on which is
should be sold) reduced by about
50 percent the incidence of
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shopper complaints about food
freshness. Open dating also
helped retailers decrease product
losses by improving handling
practices.
Eighteen percent of shoppers
contacted in a national telephone
survey complained about food
going stale sooner than expected.
To find out if open dates could
affect shoppers’ satisfaction with
foods, pull or pack dates were
initiated on about 600 perishable
and semi-perishable items in
selected Ohio food chain stores.
Items selected for open dates
were those that respondents in
the telephone survey had men
tioned as not satisfactory.
Shoppers were interviewed in the
test stores before and after open
dates were introduced. After
eight weeks of open dating, fewer
complaints were reported - even
on some items which were not
date labeled. Apparently
psychological factors such as a
favorable change in the con
sumer’s attitude toward store
management were at least as
important as any major im
provement in food freshness in
cutting the number of com
plaints.
A copy of “Food Dating:
Shoppers’ Reactions and the
Impact on Retail Foodstores,”
MRR 984, is available free on
postcard (please include zipcode)
or telephone (447-7255) request
from the Office of Information,
U S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C 20250.
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4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
I pint fresh strawberries
or 20-oz. pkg. frozen
9-inch unbaked ginger
snap crumb pie shell
Beat together eggs and
sugar; blend in sour cream.
Halve enough strawberries
to measure 2 cups. Arrange
strawberry halves in pie
crust. Pour sour cream mix
ture over berries. Bake in
325-degree oven 1 hour or un
til custard is set. Serve
warm or cold.
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Liquid Sunshine Mellows
Wintry Days
Cold winds, drizzly skies—what
you need is some golden liquid
sunshine, a brimming pitcherful
of orange juice to dispense at
mealtime and snacktime. Easy
does it, too, with those handy
cans of orange juice and frozen
orange juice concentrate that are
now in plentiful supply at
reasonable prices
You couldn’t find a better time
to use them Have you tried your
hand recently at home baking’
Once you’ve experienced it,
you’ll never forget the heavenly
aroma of home-baked bread,
rolls, and cakes, especially when
oranges or orange juice are listed
among the ingredients.
Use orange juice in cooking,
too, for a gourmet touch For an
omelet to remember, use orange
juice as the liquid, and top with
grated orange rind, a sprinkling
of chopped walnuts, and a dash of
confectioner’s sugar An orange
sauce is just the thing for roast
duckling, an orange glaze for
roast ham, an orange gravy for
Hawaiian-style chicken, and
orange juice for the liquid for a
meat loaf
Don’t waste any part of those
delicious navel oranges Use the
Have
You
Heard?
peel for candied or honeyed
orange peel, a delectable dish to
eat as is or to include in a fruit
cake or an orange bread.
Try this recipe for ORANGE
HONEY BREAD A real treat
bound to bring requests for
repeats
Orange Honey Bread
(5x9 inch loaf)
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup honey
1 egg, well-beaten
V i cups sifted all-purpose flour
Vi teaspoons baking powder
'2 teaspoon soda
1 > teaspoon salt
*4 cup orange juice
*4 cup chopped honeyed orange
peel or chopped nuts
TO PREPARE Cream fat and
honey Add eggs Sift dry
ingredients Add alternately with
orange juice to creamed mixture.
Add peel or nuts Bake in greased
pan in moderate oven, 325
degrees for 70 minutes
Honeyed Orange Peel Remove
peel from 3 naval oranges Cover
this peel with water Add
teaspoon salt Boil v, hour Drain
Cover again with water Boil until
tender Drain Cut peel in strips
Bring v > cup sugar, '4 cup honey
and '4 cup water to boil Cook
peel m this gently until clear
Cool in syrup several hours
Reheat Dram Spread out to dry
Roll m granulated sugar, if
desired In addition, to use as a
confection, this peel may be used
to flavor and decorate cakes,
puddings, breads, etc
Prevent Home Fires
Home fires caused 6,600 deaths
last year And careless use of
smoking materials was a major
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Another common source of fire
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while smoking Before retiring
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smoldering cigarettes or hot
ashes which could develop into a
serious fire during the night
Be careful m disposing of the
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sure all the cigarette stubs and
ashes are thoroughly out and are
cold Dampen them before
putting them into a waste basket
A better way is to flush them in
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them Or empty all ashes and
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a tight-fitting metal lid Never
dump hot ashes into a
wastebasket
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