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What do you think the percentage is of Americans who throws out good food (even junk food) based on the expiration date? I mean - they do so not because the food might be stale but because they believe it suddenly became possibly toxic to eat.
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What's the percentage for non-food stuff like soap? The other day I noticed my liquid hand soap has an expiration date for whatever reason. I better hurry up - I only have two years left of it being safe.
I started thinking about it after I read this...
"Good thing I read the labels and dates before I opened or ate anything. I avoided potential food poisoning and/or a trip to urgent care by paying attention."
It's from an Amazon review. After they checked the label - they learned the package was delivered with an expiration date two weeks past. They are talking about a Ruffles potato chip variety pack.
Eating like a vegan means paying way less attention to this kinda stuff, just sayin'. Something like vegan mayo or whatever just inherently stays fresh way longer.
Also just in general you can ignore expiration dates so long as you can smell or see when food goes bad. They don't mean much. Also there are "best by" dates that people think are expiration dates but actually they're just a marketing thing about the company's claim for how long the food will be up to their standards.