Some shit shouldn't have an expiration date, and it's stupid but required with maximum shelf life dictated by our gov.
For example, how does million year old salt go bad in 3 months after buying it?
My nephew wouldn't drink milk that was a day over the expiration date. I tried to explain to the little nimrod that milk doesn't know how old it is. What matters is how it smells. He still wouldn't drink it.
I can taste a difference in milk when its close to expiration, even though it doesn't smell bad. Expired milk can make you quite sick and I'm not poor, so I don't bother with milk passed the date.
Dairy is about the only thing I care about an expiration date on.
Most other dates are just about peak freshness, dry/canned goods do not actually expire if properly stored.
Canned goods are constantly leaching toxic compounds into the food as the plastic liners break down. This is especially true for high-acid foods like tomatoes. I would strongly recommend limiting your exposure to canned goods, especially if you have male children who are still developing. They ALL have plastic liners.
Can you be both? Some really processed stuff literally is bad the day it "expires". A great example is things like gummy worms, which quickly become rock hard.
Most things we buy in our familu don't have expiration dates...I think only infant formula is federally required to have an expiration date, but feel free to correct me. Or don't.
Some stuff will last for years in an open carton. Take molasses. I've got molasses in open containers older than some school kids. I leave it in the cupboard. It never goes bad. Maybe something grows on top of the molassas, and you get kind of an interesting mixed culture of green and grey molds, but it's not harmful. Just scrap it off.
Expiration dates are by law earlier than necessary. That box of cereal covered in salts and sugar that's 10 days past expired? You're fine nigger.
Does it have moisture but is not a canned good? It expires but not as fast as the date says.
Technically most of those dates are "best before" and not "expiration", which usually only applies to things like milk, etc.
But if you need a printed label, you likely don't eat real food, you eat processed shit, and you're going to be extremely unhealthy either way. If you require a corporation to tell you whether you should eat something or not, you're plainly retarded.
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