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2011-07-12
by Darknut

Expiration Dates

Re: Grocery Store Myth

Does anyone else remember when expiration dates were only on milk? Now everything has an expiration date, including canned goods, junk food, and beer. American beer. Think about that. Since when the fuck did anyone drinking American beer care how old it was?

Once upon a time, some family members and I were looking through the garage at my grandparents' house, and we found some homemade jam sealed in jars, which had been there an estimated 30 years. Despite the disapproval of certain members of the family, we promptly applied it to some toast, and it was fine, and nobody got sick.

I know I'm going to be alone on this one, but... Isn't it obvious that extraneous expiration dates are just a ploy to get paranoid people to throw stuff away and buy more?

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2011-07-12
Justin

I've got an easy way to test this:

Buy two boxes of the same brand of cereal. Make sure their expiration dates are about 3-6 months apart.
Even if your taste-buds are crap you should still be able to tell the difference.

And then, if you want to experiment further: Wait a week and then try both cereals out a second time. After they've oxidized for a while, the older one will turn to crap a lot faster.

2011-07-25
Brian

I don't think they're a ploy to get you to buy more, but instead a government mandated thing. Some idiot probably let mayo sit in his fridge for like 10 years, opened, and got sick from it. Being that this is America, the natural thing to do is sue someone :P The FDA regulates expiration date labeling, just like food has to have a calorie estimate on it or cigarettes have the warning about emphysema. But then, because of lawsuits, companies are slapping extra info on their labels to avoid another guy suing them.

It's like when you see Drano, and there's warnings about:
- not drinking or eating it
- not wiping it on your face or in your eyes
- not snorting it
- not pouring it all over babies
- not pouring it on your genitals

Ah, America. Letting people win lawsuits for completely obvious things. This is why lawn darts can't be sold anymore :(

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