What’s Behind
Unit pricing as the term Indicates Is the price per unit
either per pound or ounce. While the total price tells the
consumer just what he is paying for the lump sum, the
unit price allows the consumer the opportunity to know
Just how much the item is costing per pound or ounce.
Unit pricing is often found on meat where both prices
are indicated for clarity.
Until recently, open dating or the shelf life estimation
was used only by the store clerks and the processing firm
to insure freshness of the product. Most consumers saw a
code of numbers but often did not realize the importance.
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Little Girls' SNEAKERS, Red or Blue $1.44 a pair
Men’s & Boys’ “Gold Seal" BASKETBALL SNEAKERS By Goodyear Rubber Company $3.98
Men’s HARNESS BOOTS with Leather Uppers $12.44
Girls’ ORLON KNEE SOCKS. Regularly 98c SALE PRICE ONLY 44ca pair
Ladies’ Over the Shoe PLASTIC BOOTS By "Uniroyal” $2.98
Ladies’ BOAT SOLE SNEAKERS, White or Navy $2.98
Ladies’ Cross Strap Sandals, Navy or Black $2.98
Ladies’ & Teens’ SQUAW BOOTS, Suede Leather $5.98
Men's SQUAW BOOTS, Genuine Suede Leather $7.98
Ladies’ LOAFERS & OXFORDS' $3.98
Ladies’ LOW HEEL CASUALS & DRESS SHOES $3.49 & $3.98
Men’s 40 Percent Wool BOOT & WORK SOCKS 49c
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following much conaumer inquiries, the processing
firms have now explained their open dating codes to the
public. There are four main types of open dating with the
moat common being the “pull date”. The date indicates
the last day of retail sale of fresh food. The code is usually
preceded by the words "sell by
Still another open dating method is to print the ex
piration date which is usually clarified by the words “do
not use after..
The packing date may or may not be used as a form of
open dating on the product.
While food processors are under regulation to insure
that consumers have the opportunity to purchase only
good quality food, the consumer must also be warry of his
own Judgments.
Although damaged cans may be selling cheap in the
store, a consumer should check carefully before pur
chasing damaged items. Under no circumstances should a
shopper buy cans that are swollen or leaking as bacteria
may very possibly have entered, contaminating the
product.
Care should also be taken in preparing food, especially
meats. Always wash your hands before handling meat and
cook completely according to directions. Always
thoroughly wash untensils and cutting boards that have
been in contact with raw meat using a hot soapy solution.
If there is any reason to suspect that a food product is
not fresh or is spoiled take special precautions. Do not
taste the food but keep it, if possible, along with the
container it was purchased in. Take it to the store
manager or alert a local or state regularatory office.
Buying food may seem quite complicated today, but the
better informed a consumer is the better his chance of
purchasing the food that he really wants and needs. The
next time you visit the grocery store, take a few minutes
longer to check the labels for information making sure
what you purchase is really what you want.
The information on the label has been placed here for
our convenience, how you decide to use it is your con
sumer right.
(The information used in writing this acricle was ol>-
tained from the 1974 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture and
several USDA ' Uets.’
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British Heart Disease
Report
How to prevent heart
disease? The search goes on.
And medical committees
regularly meet to evaluate
research evidence.
Because diet, smoking,
and high blood pressure are
things that we can
manipulate, these factors
receive a great deal of at
tention. Experiments con
cerning their possible
relationship to heart disease
can be conducted and
reported. And statistical
evidence, though often
questionable as to its
reliability, can be gathered
from various countries.
One of the most recent
reports on diet and heart
disease was published
earlier this year by Great
Britain’s Department of
Health and Social Security,
the British equivalent,
roughly, of the U.S.
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Here are highlights;
Panel Statement
An official British ad
visory panel unanimously
agreed “that they cannot
recommend an increase in
the intake of polyun
saturated fatty acids in the
diet as a measure intended to
reduce the risk of the
development of heart
disease. In their opinion the
available evidence that such
a dietary alteration would
reduce the risk in the United
Kingdom at the present time
is not convincing.”
A majority of the panel did
recommend that the amount
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of fat in the United Kingdom
diet should be reduced. But a
minority of the panel could
not agree to limiting “the
consumption of fat by the
population as a whole." This
is in spite of the fact stated in
the report that “the per
centage of food energy
derived from fat in the
United Kingdom has risen
and continues to rise, and
about one half of the energy
derived from fat is provided
by saturated fatty acids.”
Said the panel: The idea
that a diet rich in fat makes
heart disease more likely “is
complicated by the fact that
people who consume a high
fat diet are often heavy
cigarette smokers and tend
to have a high sucrose
(sugar) intake.”
Speaking of the research in
which polyunsaturated fats
have been substituted for
some saturated fats, and the
results interpreted as
evidence that such dietary
adjustment may prevent
heart disease, the panel said
“in none of the trials was the
evidence clear cut,” and in
one trial a rise in the in
cidence of gallstones was
detected.
What It Means
This all squares with my
personal convictions about
diet and heart disease, at
this point. A physician may
wish to make dietary
recommendations for
specific patients he feels are
at risk. But to recommend
dietary changes for the
general population, as the
American Heart Association
seems insistent upon doing,
or implying, is just too much
and very poor science. The
United States’ National
Heart & Lung Institute
apparently agrees. That’s
why the Institute is spending
millions on a six-year trial to
determine whether dietary
changes can really help
anybody. If they knew the
answers, they wouldn’t be
spending our tax dollars to
try and find out.
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