Substandard mechanisms

It is not surprising that businesses are out to cheat when the government mechanisms are flawed and weak.

Nepalis deserve the same amount of respect, and the same quality of consumer goods, as every other human being. But this simple truth has not stopped a couple of authorised distributors of consumable products from setting up ethically reprehensible operations that changed the sell-by dates on a host of food items. This is disturbing news, and not only because the practice is illegal. Consumable and non-consumable goods have best before or expiry dates for a reason. Beyond that cut-off date, the manufacturer is clearly stating that the quality and safety of the foodstuff cannot be guaranteed.