Packaging Laws Spur Greater Scrutiny

摘要

The citizens of Lincolnshire, England, were so fed up with over-packaging this fall that they sued a grocery store chain over a piece of meat, The New York Timesreports.The Lincolnshire County Council sued Sainsbury's for "excessive packaging" of a high-end piece of beef, which costs nearly $9 per pound, after receiving consumer complaints. The council said the way it was packaged - plastic-wrapped atop a PET tray under a clear plastic cover and then swathed in a corrugated board sleeve - violated British law.