Temporary food refers to the food that is about to reach the shelf life, but is still within the shelf life. These foods will expire in just a few days, and some will last for dozens of days, and the price is only 20% to 50% of the original price. Recently, in convenience stores in some cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, there have been shelves selling temporary food, most of which are mainly imported food.

The quality of the food on site is guaranteed. Is it worth buying? Kai Zhong, deputy director of the Youth Working Committee of China Food Science and Technology Association, said: "As long as the storage method is correct, the safety of eating temporary food is guaranteed."

In fact, the use of temporary food promotion and public welfare around the world is not new. Some convenience stores in Japan will provide bonus points for the purchase of temporary food; Germany, Canada and so on. Sell short-term food at low prices or donate it directly to charity.

In March this year, the first "Love Food Bank" in Xiamen opened, and citizens can get free temporary food by scanning the QR code through Alipay.

Prevent high-end food from infringing on consumers' rights and interests

Although some temporary foods sell well, there are also some phenomena worthy of attention. On an e-commerce platform, I saw that "the sale of temporary food in the store does not support unreasonable return, and the product cannot be guaranteed to be unscathed; The puffed food is deflated, and the biscuits are broken. " Because of the low price, these overlord clauses were added, which obviously damaged the vital interests of consumers. At the same time, in some discount stores selling imported food, the merchants did not clearly indicate the shelf life of the products, but only marked "special price" in an obvious position.