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Food expiration date; how much do we/should we know?
By Dave | August 16, 2008
kayboff asked:
What Do Food Expiration Dates Mean?
A common sense guide to food product dating
gourmet Sleuth.com
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/food_expiration_dates.asp
What Do Food Expiration Dates Mean?
A common sense guide to food product dating
gourmet Sleuth.com
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/food_expiration_dates.asp
The Truth About Food Expiration Dates
OCTOBER 1, 2006
Top News
By Pallavi Gogoi
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/oct2006/db20061002_959305.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories
Wikipedia > See Shelf life
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_life
More good information
Yahoo Search >
http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=msgr-buddy&ei=UTF-8&p=determining%20factors%3E%20food%20expiration%20date
Avery
Topics: Gourmet Food | 12 Comments »
August 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
having worked on a production line – Label supermarkets own Label crisps different supermarkets had different use by date on the same product being package at the same time
I always use my own mind to decide what to eat and what to throw away from my own fridge or larder
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 am
All I can add is that any food product with a grain ingredient in it (wheat, corn, oats. rice, legumes) should be used before the expiration date to avoid having to deal with the hatching of the insects & worms. Keeping these items in a freezer STOPS the bugs from hatching.
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
This is a great question thank you for posting it and thank you also for the sites this is some important info we all need to know,
August 26th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Thank you for information
August 29th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Read, pay attention, and when in doubt, throw it out!
August 30th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Thanks for sharing those most interesting sites. In the past, I worked many years in Food Service & learned so many new & amazing things along the way. Most of what I learned, contradicted what my mom always told me when I first learned how to cook & bake. I suppose there are those who will still go by the old habits, but I go with what I learned while working in the FS. I learned a lot by working alongside/listening to, State Inspectors on the job site. I had to squash so many of the myths that I grew up with. I wonder also, how many people know how to properly wash & sanitize cutting boards. Remember when you first heard the phrase, “cross contamination?” Are your refrigerator & freezer settings correct?
September 1st, 2008 at 10:32 pm
if it looks good and taste,eat it
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
The more we know the better.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:35 am
When my grandma died in 1984 we cleaned out her freezer and found stuff in there that she froze when she lived on the farm which she left in 1952. No we did not eat it. My mom canned and froze lots of fruits, vegetables, and other foods which lasted a lot longer than the dates the companies put on the foods now days. I think they are just trying to be safe so they don’t get sued. There are shelf life regulations though. Jeesh I sure stirred up a bee’s nest sending that to you. Thanks for keeping us informed.
September 7th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Great info thanks xx
September 9th, 2008 at 1:53 am
I’d often wondered about that date………thanks for the information.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
About a year ago in an effort to make a point to my sister (who is overly concerned about expiration dates, safety etc.). I ate an oatmeal with cream center cake that I found in an old camping mess kit that was over 38 years old – no adverse reactions.