The case was dropped
about a month later, but that didn't stop the New York Times from writing a story
about packaging, its excesses, and efforts to reduce them, on Christmas day.The Sainsbury's case revolved around a type of meat on its shelves, called «Taste the Difference Slow Matured Ultimate
Beef Roasting Joint,» sold in what a local authority called «excessive» packaging (vacuum - packed plastic on a plastic tray covered with a plastic lid and
wrapped in cardboard) that is harmful to the environment.