{"id":6173,"date":"2009-01-13T06:57:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T06:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/01\/food-police-put-down-that-left.html"},"modified":"2009-01-13T06:57:22","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T06:57:22","slug":"food-police-put-down-that-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/01\/food-police-put-down-that-left.html","title":{"rendered":"Food Police: Put down that leftover!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evidently, the British government is so bothered by wasted food that they are sending out the “food police” to train their citizens in what to do with the leftover<\/a>s. I don’t envy them their jobs, I can think of a few things I would say to a government official who tried to tell me how to run my kitchen:<\/p>\n

Home cooks will also be told what size portions to prepare, taught to understand “best before” dates and urged to make more use of their freezers.
\nThe door-to-door campaign, which starts tomorrow, will be funded by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), a Government agency charged with reducing household waste.
\nThe officials will be called “food champions”. However, they were dismissed last night as “food police” by critics who called the scheme an example of “excessive government nannying”. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Yorkers better hope that Bloomberg doesn’t see this story or it might give him ideas. Maybe the “food police” should target restaurants instead, we went to Cheesecake Factory last night and all of us (including my husband) had to take home food because it was double the size we could eat. If anyone should be bothered by the food police, it’s restaurants that overwhelm you with food! (Though, I’m of the opinion that no one should be bothered by the “food police” — if you buy it, it’s your’s to do what you want with it).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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