Best before and use-by dates claim to show us when our food is likely to have gone off — but how are they figured out, how did we do without them, and do we really need them? Martin Fone investigates and finds a tale of dodgy food, dodgier dates, and an unlikely side-hustle run by the legendary gangster Al Capone.
One of the weirdest moments in the weirdest of years was a battle royal between a 60p Iceberg lettuce bought from Tesco and a beleaguered British Prime…