Toronto's Christmas Meal for the Homeless

Toronto's Christmas Meal for the Homeless(youtube.com)

8 points by W_Knightsbridge 3 years ago | 9 comments

tw98521358 3 years ago |

It’s not expired. It’s past the SELL by date not the eat before date.

There is some time in between when you can sell and when you can eat.

The food was probably donated by local stores to avoid waste. Videos like this are bad publicity and vendors trying to not waste food get encouraged to just throw it away instead of donate like they did here.

Big nothing burger of a controversy

W_Knightsbridge 3 years ago | |

Chocolate milk will generally remain drinkable for about one week after the "sell-by" date on the package. In this case, the sell-by date was 4 years ago! LOL that’s unfair and harmful to give to people, especially homeless people who may have poor health

W_Knightsbridge 3 years ago |

This is what Toronto gave its vulnerable homeless people, as their Christmas meal.

version_five 3 years ago | |

Never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity. Obviously they shouldn't give out expired food. But I'd guess it's incompetence that led to it, not some feeling that it's ok to give expired stuff to homeless people.

W_Knightsbridge 3 years ago | | |

Could it also potentially be negligence? But wait a minute, constantly giving out this kind of expired food? Maybe one time, or two times, but almost on a daily basis? Lol something’s gotta be up! No?

Khelavaster 3 years ago |

Some was a week expired, no good. The three year expired milk was terrie

many sandwiches were "sell by" Christmas Eve. Those are safe I'd guess..

W_Knightsbridge 3 years ago | |

The sandwiches may have been okay, as a onetime thing maybe, but eating these expired foods day in and day out for years, and some food they hand out has mould in it from being expired so long. They even gave me a cup of milk that was so spoilt that I threw it back up on the sidewalk in less than 5 mins after I drank it. We need to give homeless people healthy food, not expired.