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Expiration Dates
Sep 12, 2023 07:14:55 #
A local woman just posted that she bought evaporated milk at a local supermarket, and all three cans were past their "sell by" date. I usually check the expiration dates when I buy food - usually. It's easy to blame the store for this, but they would have to employ dozens of people to check the dates on thousands of products, so it's up to the customer to do the checking.
Remember the days before expiration dates and a list of ingredients?
Remember the days before expiration dates and a list of ingredients?
Sep 12, 2023 07:49:09 #
"Sell By", "Best By", and "Use By" are all different.
Depends on the item also.
Depends on the item also.
Sep 12, 2023 07:51:54 #
Longshadow wrote:
"Sell By", "Best By", and "Use By" are all different.
Right, and that's a mistake. "EXP:..." is all we need. "Use by" and "Sell by" seem to be about the same.
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Sep 12, 2023 08:17:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right, and that's a mistake. "EXP:..." is all we need. "Use by" and "Sell by" seem to be about the same.
Milk, for instance, I found is good for about a week after the "Sell By" date.
Usually used within a week at our place, been fine.
And I'll guess that there is some leeway built in to those dates.
Sep 12, 2023 08:20:47 #
Longshadow wrote:
Milk, for instance, I found is good for about a week after the "Sell By" date.
Usually used within a week at our place, been fine.
And I'll guess that there is some leeway built in to those dates.
Usually used within a week at our place, been fine.
And I'll guess that there is some leeway built in to those dates.
We sometimes buy our milk at Kroger, and if you whiff it a day after the date, you know it's gone.
Sep 12, 2023 08:27:49 #
jaymatt wrote:
We sometimes buy our milk at Kroger, and if you whiff it a day after the date, you know it's gone.
Yes, the whiff test...
Sep 12, 2023 10:03:22 #
Longshadow wrote:
Milk, for instance, I found is good for about a week after the "Sell By" date.
Usually used within a week at our place, been fine.
And I'll guess that there is some leeway built in to those dates.
Usually used within a week at our place, been fine.
And I'll guess that there is some leeway built in to those dates.
I give milk the smell test when it's around the expiration date. If it doesn't have a bad smell, then it's okay.
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Sep 12, 2023 10:07:21 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I give milk the smell test when it's around the expiration date. If it doesn't have a bad smell, then it's okay.
Sep 12, 2023 10:44:48 #
Longshadow wrote:
"Sell By", "Best By", and "Use By" are all different.
Depends on the item also.
Depends on the item also.
Sep 12, 2023 12:00:30 #
I hate to waste anything and I don't use much milk, so when I buy milk, I pour half of it into small plastic bottles, leaving enough room for it to "swell" as it freezes and put them in the freezer. Before I freeze it, I mark how many days it's good for on the bottle with a black marker. When I am ready to use it, I take a little bottle out and submerge it in a stewer full of hot water to thaw.
Sep 12, 2023 13:02:13 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
jerryc41 wrote:
Right, and that's a mistake. "EXP:..." is all we need. "Use by" and "Sell by" seem to be about the same.
I remember when the only tests we had were individually administered using the nose or and eyeball.
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Sep 12, 2023 13:10:56 #
TheShoe wrote:
I remember when the only tests we had were individually administered using the nose or and eyeball.
Sep 12, 2023 14:58:12 #
Check out this article about expiration dates;
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/heres-something-past-its-expiration-date-the-expiration-date-itself-45a8fd54?st=ji78uokxcjjybqh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/heres-something-past-its-expiration-date-the-expiration-date-itself-45a8fd54?st=ji78uokxcjjybqh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Sep 12, 2023 16:06:14 #
Busbum wrote:
Check out this article about expiration dates;
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/heres-something-past-its-expiration-date-the-expiration-date-itself-45a8fd54?st=ji78uokxcjjybqh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/heres-something-past-its-expiration-date-the-expiration-date-itself-45a8fd54?st=ji78uokxcjjybqh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
I am well aware of this but and we buy food past expiration date often but they have to be at a discount. We don't pay regular price for things that past expiration date.
Sep 13, 2023 12:25:20 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
When I worked at a food plant, we dated the product according to what country it was going to. USA had the shortest then. Being on the 'flavor panel', I could taste a distinct difference(!) between straight of the line vs. even 30 days. Some countries had a 3 year expiration date. Fresh is amazingly better!
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