Show Dating n Food five Fifty-five Congressmen have introduced legislation to require require re re- require quire food packers to date their packages so that consumers consumers consumers con con- sumers will know when the contents are stale A companion compan compan- ion bill has been introduced in the Senate THE ACTION followed several several sev sev- several eral surveys which found much stale food in several District of Columbia stores Surveys in smaller towns would perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps turn up even more elderly elderly elderly el derly food since turnover in smaller stores is often slow slow- er Although some food packages packages packages pack pack- ages today carry a coded date which store managers are able to read many carry carry carry car car- ry no date at all and the consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer has no way of knowing how fresh the contents of most food products are |