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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.
Yo, why the fuck does my distilled vinegar have an expiration date. It's ten years out, you would think i'd be able to use it all by then, but still, it's vinegar.
Interestingly, that's more likely to be the expiration day of the plastic bottle than the vinegar itself. Vinegar can become weaker over time, but certain compounds in the bottle will leach out into the contents over time.
Pickled microplastics yim yum