CHOCOLATE BARS LURK FOR MONTHS IN STORES WARN CANADIAN RESEARCHERS
September 1st, 2008
BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN researchers have found that chocolate lays unbought for months in retailers across Canada. Brock University and Carleton University (both in Ontario) researchers checked 3,206 chocolate bars from eight major retailers in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. They found on average they sat on shelves for four-and-a-half months, with on average 3% being past their sell-by-date.
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CANADIAN researchers have found that chocolate lays unbought for months in retailers across Canada. Brock University and Carleton University (both in Ontario) researchers checked 3,206 chocolate bars from eight major retailers in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. They found on average they sat on shelves for four-and-a-half months, with on average 3% being past their sell-by-date.
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