The Greek Diet: Let Them Eat Expired Food

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"Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras,................................... says the answer to hunger in Greece, where two million people are out of work and about that many have no health care, is for them to buy expired food."

I remember reading a few years ago that rules for selling "expired" food had been relaxed on the islands.  I've been doing a quick Google but can't see anything on that.  So what is now proposed is nothing new.  And begs the question - how meaningful are sell-by dates?  Do they show not that the food is "off", but that the risk of the food being "off" is higher than it would be if the food was fresher.  In England I am increasingly seeing food on sale in supermarkets, at full price, that is on its "last legs", with an expiry date of the date that it is on sale.