Keeping your take-out food safe

Since we’re tackling food labels today, it seems apropos that the Barf Blog again raises the issue of proper food safety stickers on take-out containers.

The stickers could be designed with information on when a prepared food was packaged and the proper guidelines for storing, heating and consuming. SuperMarket Guru believes that food safety labels could give supermarkets a competitive advantage, but could also be used to make people aware of potential food allergies.  

Based on how take-out containers accumulate in office fridges, this could be a lifesaver. Why must office fridges become olfactory nightmares? Being able to see when something was packaged/purchased could lead to an easy decision about whether it survives the refrigerator purge — without someone having the unfortunate task of smelling what’s inside.