Morrisons’ ‘Sniff’ Test as a Replacement for ‘Best Before’ Dates or How to manage your milk...
Morrisons’ ‘Sniff’ Test as a Replacement for ‘Best Before’ Dates – Pros, Cons and Caveats Those of us ‘of a certain age’ will recognise the new ‘sniff’ test for milk announced in the media by Morrisons recently. Most of us came across it first as an impromptu indicator of milk quality during our late adolescence, when we left home for the first time and our food suddenly stopped appearing on the table as if by magic. Many of us will no doubt have continued to use it ever since. It is certainly not a new phenomenon. What is new is the suggestion by a major food retailer that it should be used instead of ‘Best Before’ dates on milk products…. Before looking at the viability of the sniff test, and to avoid confusion, we should just clarify one point – it is a legal requirement for all perishable food products intended for human consumption to carry an expiry date, beyond which it is not deemed safe to consume them. Details of current UK regulations regarding retailers’ obligat...