It's hard to believe that it costs less to ship packages to a plant, 
strip cardboard from the cans, wash the date off them apply a new date, 
repackage in new cardboard, and ship back out than it does to make a new 
can.  The drink itself is cents per can, the can and packaging costs 
very little.  Can it really cost less?

As far as aspartame goes, I'd expect that if the FDA classified it as 
dangerous after a period of time then instead of "Best Before" dates 
they would require real expiration dates - "do not use after".

But I never liked the taste, so it's not an issue for me. 

MMMmmmm, formaldahyde!

-Adam

Russell McMahon wrote:

> A highly conspiracy-theory aspartame-is-death-incarnate 
> coke-are-covering-up-big-time, the FDA knows , people who were 
> prosecuting them joined them ...  page.
>
> But disturbing enough that I read a lot of it.
>
>        http://www.worldnewsstand.net/health/coca_cola.htm
>
> Claims that Coke recycle dated packs of canned diet coke into 
> 'underprivileged areas, thereby increasing the claimed Aspartame 
> breakdown toxins is interesting. I assume that all this comes under US 
> freedom of speech where you seem to be able to say just about anything 
> and get away with it. The page is about a year old if the 3-11-3 in 
> the heading is a date.
>
>
>        RM
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