WHILE consumption of lots of hamburgers is not usually associated with a particularly healthy lifestyle, McDonald's Big Macs have been attributed by a 106-year-old US woman as part of her secret to long life.
Dorothy Nedd from South Philadelphia had her 106th birthday last Fri, and when asked how she had lived so long it appeared to be a mixture of faith and fast food.
One of her granddaughters remembered that "Grandma always used to take me to church...and then after church we would sometimes go to the McDonald's and my grandma got a Big Mac. She was getting Big Macs for a long time."
There's long been speculation about the validity of use-by dates, and British supermarket giant Morrisons has decided to do something about it.
The retailer has announced it will scrap expiry dates on most of its home-brand milk products, instead encouraging customers to simply use the "sniff test" to see if it's off.
Morrisons says the move will help stop megalitres of perfectly good milk being poured down the sink, with the company saying milk is the third most wasted consumable item in the UK, after potatoes and bread.
About 300 million litres of milk are wasted each year in Britain, with about a quarter of that usage due to customers following use-by labels despite research showing milk is usually still okay for several more days.
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