Food Not Meant for Consumption?

I was posting about the waste in our country on another message board and mentioned my previous dumpster-diving escapades. All of this food - actually, this is only a small portion, was dumped because their fridge went out (picture was taken 5-1/2 yrs ago). The food was all very cold when we came upon it. I was able to stock my freezer along with freezers of at least 5 other friends. (My cheese lasted over 2 yrs!)

They couldn't give it away to food shelters because the fridge had gone out. It would have filled the landfills had we not "rescued it". This goes on all the time around our country!