[ntlk]

Not sure whether it was the removal of best before dates or Brexit, but fresh food and veg in Britain is often already rotting in supermarkets. So now instead of the store throwing out loads of produce past its best, I have to do it when I get home and realise that yet again one in each pack of 3 onions is rotted.

[rsynnott]

The UK hasn't banned them, though some supermarkets did voluntarily remove them. Brexit's a relatively likely culprit for imported stuff; the extra paperwork really disincentivises JIT delivery (and in particular _really_ disincentivises mixed contents containers).

Though it'll get worse. The regime for imported fruit and veg is still in transition, with a lot of stuff that the UK was supposed to bring in in 2021 recently delayed til 2025.

[dawnerd]

Been seeing that in the states too. A lot of old produce, but I blame high prices not moving it fast enough.

[onlyrealcuzzo]

> I have to do it when I get home and realise that yet again one in each pack of 3 onions is rotted.

I have always been under the impression that the entire point of pre-packaging produce like avocados, apples, and garlic is to mix items that are bad which no one would buy in with some good items so you can still sell the bad ones.

This seems to have always been the case in California - where you can generally get good produce.

[ntlk]

Fair, although previously I’d buy the same three packs without issue.

[Tempest1981]

How were they labeling the produce before? Individually? Or by the box?

I haven't seen dated produce, but maybe it's hidden.