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If it isn't sold in a particular amount of time, it can't be shipped where the store can have enough time to sell the product. They don't have a choice here.
couldn't they donate it to shelters or food banks for immediate distribution?
I would say no for same reason. I was a volunteer at a food bank before I moved away and they only accepted non perishables. They don't have refrigeration.
The food banks I have worked with have banks of fridges lined up against 2 walls and they are packed even though they give perishables away all the time. I think they are donated by local groceries.
couldn't they donate it to shelters or food banks for immediate distribution?
This is a problem we run into at the food banks in our city (my church runs a volunteer emergency pantry) and the large central food depository that supplies many of the nonprofits. They aren't able to take food donations that are not packaged/shelf stable, due to the fact that timely distribution can't be assured, quality control problems (lots of places would bring food that has already started to spoil that they can't use/sell, and the pantry would then be liable for distributing spoiled food), and limited resources for refrigeration.
Different states and cities' health departments have different guidelines regulating this. It sucks, because there ARE places that donate day-old bread, etc., but if it's not packaged according to code, it can't be accepted.
Soup kitchens are even more regulated by the health department, because they're actually prepping meals. Distribution problems come into play, and since so many of these services are staffed by a majority of volunteers, it can be very difficult to orchestrate things in a timely manner, so many have had to go to a model of using shelf-stable products.
hey atleast its biowaste that will break down unlike plastic.
Exactly. That is what I do with any vegetable item that goes bad - into the compost bin. I do not see that as waste.
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