By Anonymous - 19/12/2013 22:49 - Australia - Kensington

Today, my mother decided to inform me that she doesn't believe canned food can have an expiry date and that the food is still okay to eat years after the 'supposed' expiry date. She's probably been cooking my dinner with expired food for over 17 years. FML
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Welshite 39

Canned food is good for a long time after the expiration date. Just sayin'. Manufactures print the "best by" date, but that doesn't mean it's spoiled even months later.

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candyinmavan 8

With that logic we should just seal people in cans and open them at a later date because they don't have an expire.

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anon42146 8

theres a reason sealed canned food is called a nonperishable. It doesn't go bad as long as its container remains sealed.

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Jiplo 18

Just think of it as building up your defenses against spoiled food!

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kellyem2 20

Technically those dates refer to food quality, not food safety. That said, I think after a while the two must go hand in hand. Yuck.

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cmt0726 4

your mom is right. the company puts those needless dates so that you'll buy more and throw old ones out. I learned that in florida when I was a kid

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Luluthus 41

Actually she is right. The expiration dates don't mean that you can't eat the food, just that it can no longer be sold. It's not like food goes bad at the stroke of midnight at the end of the expiration date. If you want to know if your food is bad, just smell it, look at it and if it looks and smells right taste it before you use it.

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