I did exaggerate a little for effect as I do know of the existence of brown sesame (well after I double checked with the wife).
But why is this black one better and why is it called 養生.
What was in my brown sesame noodles all these years that was killing me?
An investigation has been kicked off to find out if the company used the expired raw materials deliberately in violation of fraud laws, the administration said.
The shit expired three years ago and they still need to investigate if it was on purpose
Using expired foodstuffs isn’t a huge deal for me.
It shouldn’t happen and the law should be enforced, but a lot of food will be fine even if officially ‘expired’. It doesn’t really speak to the quality of the ingredients.
Yeah, most stuff is just fine expired. The reason most companies put the use by dates is because they’re afraid the flavor will change and reflect poorly on their brand. People have excavated canned food that’s hundreds of years old, and the contents are perfectly edible.
I used to sell biochemicals and we would actually test the stability of them every 3 months. If they were still fine we’d then extend the best before date for another 3 months and repeat. Sometimes we’d be five years in with no appreciable drop in stability.
But trying to explain this concept to a lot of folks was tricky, many assumed we were taking them for a ride, but what we were actually doing was providing them with a higher guarantee of quality than a vendor selling something that had approached its 1 year expiry date and hadn’t been retested during that period.
ACtually when I read that it was pouder, I thought that it shouldn’t be a big deal… I guess. It depends on what that pouder is, and how it’s been preserved, hopefully totally dry.
Still, I feel poisoned every second in this country :S
True enough for some kinds of items. Salt doesn’t really expire, for instance; sugar doesn’t really go off. Items with oil like nuts and whole-grain flours certainly DO go rancid, and very easily in this climate. We’ve encountered numerous instances of items that had NOT expired but were already rancid, and had to return them. It’s unfortunate that the laws aren’t able to deal with the subtleties of the matter.
Companies should heavily discount items as exp. dates approach, rather than selling them after the date.
Vietnamese tea found being passed off as Taiwanese. . . . a tea farmer is importing cheaper tea from Vietnam and marketing it as Taiwanese tea at much higher prices to consumers.
well well well…
what is funny is that it won the second prize and was elected by fine tea connoisseur… how in hell is that possible???
1)but as i always say, it is exactly like the people taking wine class and shaking their glasses, sniffing them then pretending to know sh…t.
that makes one of the best tea on the island to be Vietnamese
how come no one in the customs alerted the local police when they sea that one of the reknow tea boy is importing 5 tonnes of Vietnamese tea — that should be a straight RED flag
and moreover a tea farmer importing tea… suspicious no???
It’s normal around the world. Ever have Hawaiian Coffee or Hawaiian Macadamia Nuts sold at many duty free? Only a low percentage actual Hawaiian made inside.