Expiry dates have been related to a number of problems, internationally and domestically. A few years ago the market gossip was that Tesco, the large UK retailer, was opening small outlets in Karachi. Intrigued, I ventured to investigate.

Tesco is not given to small offerings, especially in a market like Pakistan. The background to the story was that the UK and the EU have very strict laws on expiry of products. Once the expiry date has been breached, the product is taken off the shelf.

A smart entrepreneur calculated that the products are still kosher by our standards. If the products could be sold in under-developed countries, it could yield huge profits. I don’t know what happened to the project? Probably, it was nixed, given the SDG and........

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