meat

This is a cool concept that would keep the markets honest about the foods’ expiration dates. This idea must have come out after a few scandals in Japan involving food providers tampering with expiration dates.

It is a Fresh Label Sticker that  would detect ammonia emanating from the product within and fades out accordingly. Once the ammonia level reaches a level deemed unsafe, the label will no longer be readable. I have to say it’s really a smart system that can’t easily be manipulated.

Since it’s reasonably cost-efficient, we could see it being adopted in large scale. However, since these stickers never lie, some think that some meat industries might not want to adopt this. I’m confident though that our beloved meat industries in the US do have serious sanitary procedures to ensure good food quality.

Some also think that this is a good idea but there are always some geniuses who could find ways to manipulate this. Some also argues that just like many other good ideas, it’s not usually as good when it becomes a reality. There are always some flaws, maybe the cost, maybe it will not work as good as we thought. But despite many opposing opinions, many still think that it’s a great & useful concept. One of them is me.

However, since this is still a theory and not yet a reality, for now we still have to rely on our noses to smell fresh food.