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Why are sardines sold in those horrible flat tins that spray you on opening?

Beware the spray ... tinned sardines. — Beware the spray ... tinned sardines. Photograph: Rex Features

Why are sardines sold in those horrible flat tins that spray you with liquid on opening, while pilchards – sardines essentially – are in proper cans?

Anne Feist, Derby

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