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Food Expiration Dates Don't Have Much Science Behind Them .
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2022/08/08/food_expiration_dates_dont_have_much_science_behind_them_846713.html ^ | August 08, 2022 | Jill Roberts

Posted on 08/23/2022 6:58:18 AM PDT by daniel1212

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To: 9YearLurker; All

Thanks everybody for the advice. You’re all right about sour cream......we dunt eat anything that has green or black on it Luuceee......we have to be extra careful because Hub has no immune system. I’m sitting here right now eating a Yoplait peach yogurt that expired in June and it’s STILL good.....;)


41 posted on 08/23/2022 12:09:25 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: Dawgreg

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Dairies are pretty reliable in dating and sour cream usually has a fairly long refrigerated life. If any of it starts to separate AND has any pink or green spots, dump it.

I only buy the 4% milk fat sour cream, so IDK if that applies to the low-fat version.


42 posted on 08/23/2022 12:34:40 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: Nifster

...cheese...
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Since it grew mold once, after I cut it off, I wrap it in a sheet of paper towel that has been dampened in vinegar and put it into a new bag. I also use the re-usable vacuum seal bags for things like cheese and then vacuum pump it before putting back in the fridge.


43 posted on 08/23/2022 12:42:12 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: reformedliberal

oops! computer posted another copied bit not applicable.

should be: Sour Cream


44 posted on 08/23/2022 12:44:31 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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To: reformedliberal

Good idea


45 posted on 08/23/2022 12:50:25 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: reformedliberal

I only buy the 4% milk fat sour cream, so IDK if that applies to the low-fat version.

Daw don’t do anything but the highest amount of butterfat in any dairy product....;)lol


46 posted on 08/23/2022 2:23:51 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: Seruzawa
I saw an expiration date on a bag of salt tablets recently. Really? Salt?

250 million years old and expired in 2019. Just my luck.


47 posted on 08/23/2022 2:32:19 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: reformedliberal

Mold can simply be cut off hard cheese. Soft cheeses can be another story, however.


48 posted on 08/23/2022 2:46:54 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: packagingguy

That’s accelerated obsolescence. Marketing 101.


49 posted on 08/23/2022 2:53:14 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: FreeReign
"Perhaps expiration dates aren't based on science, I don't know. "

As the excerpt states,

The dates on those food packages, however, are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Rather, they come from food producers. And they may not be based on food safety science
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"That said, I believe this new war on food expiration dates is being pushed by the globalist greens. " To the contrary,. about the only times liberals are against regulations in the name of caution and safety, from seat belts to masks and more and by which they obtain more power, is when they are for traditional morality or hinder their protests and agencies and will not gain them more power. Sometimes perfectly good food was required to be thrown out since the letter or two of a food safety law was not followed. Trusting consumers to make choices about their health? That is not consistent with their liberal elitism which is not to be questioned. Rather, what liberalism would push for is regulation by the Food and Drug Administration to set dates, thus leading to inspections and fear of officials.

50 posted on 08/23/2022 3:14:28 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: metmom

So my corned beef hash that is two years past expiration date can be livened up with some Cajun Seasoning and still taste delightfully Irish?


51 posted on 08/23/2022 5:07:16 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: daniel1212

Frank Cooks Again | The Fatigues | Seinfeld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlYx8YR3KN0


52 posted on 08/23/2022 5:14:44 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: metmom

I just experienced this - was going through some canned tomatoes - the pull top cans were all bulging (big no no), the rest of the cans (same expiration date) we’re fine.


53 posted on 08/23/2022 5:19:22 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: LilFarmer

*were


54 posted on 08/23/2022 5:19:44 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: daniel1212
I don't agree. The globalists want less food production. They want less of all kinds of things produced..

They think we are being wasteful with our expiration dates.

55 posted on 08/23/2022 5:29:31 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Hash?

Urp, excuse me while I make a run for the bathroom.

I *hate* hash.

It’s probably OK as long as the can is intact. Listen for the sound of the seal breaking when you open it. I would guess that if it were bad, it would be obvious.

I’ve eaten/used soups and condensed milk a couple years past it’s expiration date and it’s been fine.


56 posted on 08/23/2022 5:40:45 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: LilFarmer

It’s getting harder and harder to find cans that are not pull top.

I don’t like that.


57 posted on 08/23/2022 5:46:31 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Ouderkirk
"I have found things five and six years past the expiration date in the cupboard and it was time for it to go."

That is indeed a bit much! Yet something like sweetened condense milk might still be good, if the can is. And we still have some (very) dried beans that are over 10-15 years old!

58 posted on 08/24/2022 2:55:19 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: FreeReign
"I don't agree. The globalists want less food production. They want less of all kinds of things produced.. They think we are being wasteful with our expiration dates."

But expiration dates foster less food, since more is thrown out, thus leading to more dependence on gov. as supplies run low.

59 posted on 08/24/2022 3:02:42 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212
"I don't agree. The globalists want less food production. They want less of all kinds of things produced.. They think we are being wasteful with our expiration dates."

But expiration dates foster less food, since more is thrown out, thus leading to more dependence on gov. as supplies run low.

They want less food production. They think food production is anti green. Look what they are doing to the Netherlands farmers. Look what they are doing to the price of fertilizer.

They want us to produce less. They want us to eat more rancid meats and vegetables and they want us to eat more bugs. They want us to produce less of all things. It's part of their green new deal.

More bugs. More rancid food. Both of those story lines are just now starting to be pushed. You will see more and more of it.

60 posted on 08/24/2022 8:49:35 AM PDT by FreeReign
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