>> James Kilty wrote:
>>
>> But they now require a sell-by date
>> which is causing problems.

> Why is this causing problems?

Perhaps because it is an utterly bogus concept
when applied to honey?  Somewhat like putting
US Navy "radiation hazard" stickers on bicycles?

I can just imagine the consumer impression
that such an "improvement" in the art of
consumer information might make...

  "Oh dear, this jar of honey on my shelf
  is past its sell-by date, and now I must
  throw it  out.  Gosh, I'll never buy honey
  again, I hate having to throw out food..."

Or worse yet:

  "Oh dear, this jar of honey has tuned
  from a liquid into a crystallized lump.
  It must have 'gone bad'.  I should
  complain to the store and demand a full
  refund, as it is nowhere near the
  'sell-by date' printed on the label..."

But worst of all, let a few years go by, and even
the most bogus ideas tend to become basic requirements
required to protect the citizenry, and a legitimate
concern of any "health-conscious consumer":

   "What's in these bottles?  Something called
   'mead' laid down by grandpa jim way back in
   1990...  I wonder why he kept it in this locked
   temperature-controlled closet with this quaint
   old fiber-optic rack?  Imagine trying to get by
   with just a 45 megabit per second link to the
   UltraNet - so 20th Century!  Wow, it is a entire
   CASE of this 'mead' stuff, and its been here 60
   years.  Too bad there's no sell-by date on it - I
   guess I'll just have to toss it all along with these
   other two cases of, ummmm... lets brush the dust off
   the labels... 'Chateau Margaux 1940'.  Yeech, the
   'Marguax' stuff has turned RED.  I guess 'Margo' was
   his wife, or something..."


                        jim

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