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Soldiers forced to throw liters of orange juice

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Soldiers had to get rid of over-ordered drinks for “coronavirus-related interventions, which ultimately did not take place.”

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“We all told ourselves that this waste was scandalous,” said a soldier from the 62 wave schools in Kloten (ZH). The man who wishes to remain anonymous sent us a video in which we see several soldiers pouring about 120 bottles of orange juice into a manhole. According to him, the facts occurred Thursday, a day before the end of the school for recruits. “The drinks had only been out of date for four days. I think we could have had these pasteurized juices without any problems or offered them to someone. “

Contacted army spokesman Daniel Reist confirmed: “Unfortunately, the army has ordered too much orange juice for coronavirus-related procedures, which ultimately did not take place. He adds that it is forbidden to serve expired food to soldiers.

“They could have been redistributed”

A glance at the rules of the army reveals however that “food passed by date can, exceptionally and after checks, be extended up to three months and used in cooking”. It is unclear why this was not the case in this case.

Alex Stähli, director of the association Tableouvre-toi, which saves foodstuffs from destruction and distributes them to people affected by poverty, explains that the consumption of pasteurized products is quite possible even after exceeding the expiration date. “We usually add another six days to the expiration date. These orange juices could therefore have been redistributed without worries. ”

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