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Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 16 Apr 23

Many expiry dates specially those on dry food may not be followed. Case in point is a box of cheese crackers I had ordered. They did not show any signs of cheese and so I made a complaint. Amazon in as many know is noted for...

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Expiration dates

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 11 Jan 23

I remember when I was a child there were no dates on the eggs. My mom just bought them and put them in the egg place in the refrigerator. We ate them and no one ever got sick. Now I am seeing a date on the egg...

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Pantry Staples That Do Not Expire

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14699) • United States 1 Mar 19

https://www.rd.com/food/fun/foods-that-never-expire/? These are in your kitchen already! They might have an expiration date, but do not fear. They are good forever, according to this Reader's Digest article. So, you do not...

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Do you usually look at the expiration dates of promotional products?

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17594) 5 Mar 17

Everyone is looking for discounts when buying something, and they are extremely common when it comes to food. In many situations the discounts are really great and they easly seduce the consumers. But do you pay attention to the...

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Will you eat expired packaged food?

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 23 Jan 16

I ask because I am doing my twice-a-year eating up of expirin emergency food. I have some canned beans (they were good last night), some curry in retort packages (MRE), some dried nuts and fruits. I finally got a system going last...

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"There's Nothing to Eat in the House"!

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 5 Dec 15

Have you ever heard that before? I've heard of many people that shop where I work say their family will say this even after they've come home from a big grocery shop. My family will say it too from time to time. This fall I did...

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Do You Check The Dates On Chips & Soda?

NadiaAllStar @NadiaAllStar (162) • United States 27 Jul 10

I get ragged on alot for always checking the dates on things but especially soda. Im a big soda drinker and it infuriates me when Im in the street thristy stop at a store and I have only one drink prefrence (Dr.Pepper) and they...

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Expiration Date...

skbrence @skbrence (475) • Philippines 18 Feb 10

Do you believe with Expiration dates? Do you always check your goodies' expiration date before taking, having, using or eating it? or You take, have, use or eat it before looking for the expiration date? Have you experienced...

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Okay Here's Perhaps A Dumb Question: But Just How Do They Come Up With....

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 6 Aug 09

...Expiration dates? As you all know, just about everything, whether food or medicines come with expiration dates. The whole idea of course is to let the consumer know, how fresh and how long foods are good...

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Do you check the expiry date of all the foods and drinks before you purchase?

jamzy_amor86 @jamzy_amor86 (182) • Philippines 1 Jul 09

Currently, I am a call center agent. My colleague and I really love to eat while taking our calls. So one night, we went to a convenient store to purchase junk foods and peanuts for us to consume while taking calls. So when we...

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Expiration Dates

ravinskye @ravinskye (8237) • United States 3 Nov 08

Do you eat food that is past the expiration date? How far past the date are you willing to go? My mother in law gave us a bunch of canned food that she cleaned out from her house. Everything was expired! One can, I kid you not,...

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Error code when a free trial expires from Mcafee.

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 13 Sep 08

Whenever a free offer ends or my regular Mcafee is about to expire or if I let it expire and restart again, I get error codes. Is there a way to reset things or get rid of the codes? Does anyone else have thing problem?

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Do you strictly adhere to food expiration dates or do you give it an extension?

sharie16 @sharie16 (2212) • Philippines 25 Aug 08

If so, how long would you believe it is safe to extend? For me I follow accordingly, since I know SOME foods are poisonous when they reached expiration dates...

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What's the Expiration dates/codes on canned food?

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 26 Apr 08

Can't find any other category to put this, so hopefully this category can help.... when shopping for groceries - like canned goods specifically - they used to have (and a few brands still do) the expriation date on the top of...

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Eggs-piration date? (When do eggs expire?)

makelifehappy @vera5d (4004) • United States 15 Mar 08

I have always heard conflicting things about how long eggs are good for. I usually buy them from the store and so the carton will have a "good by" date on it...I would believe you have to eat the eggs before now or they will taste...

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How picky are you about expiration dates?

ChaJudLeoBit @ChaJudLeoBit (1656) • United States 15 Jul 07

Are you the type who watches the milk like a hawk, and as soon as that expiration date starts creeping closer, you get rid of it? Or do you push it a bit past the date, as long as there are no lumps? I tend to fall into that...

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Food with coded expiration dates..!!!

ArienKing @ArienKing (4647) • India 28 May 07

Should it be illegal for foods and other perishable items to be stamped with coded expiration dates?] Once, when my friend was working at a large drug store chain, he found some snack items that had been expired for over a month....

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expired spaghettios

Trace86 @Trace86 (5030) • United States 6 May 07

I was cleaning my closet tonight and found two cans of spaghettios. Long story involving a greedy step-son. I looked at the bottom of the cans. Both have best by June 5 2006 on them. The can is intact, no outward buckling or...

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Do discussions expire?

ChaJudLeoBit @ChaJudLeoBit (1656) • United States 7 Apr 07

Does anyone know if there is an expiration date for old discussions? I was wondering about the ones that never get a response, or even ones that don't have a response for months. Has anyone noticed discussions being deleated once...

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Expiration Dates on Foods

Rosepetal @Rosepetal (352) • United States 8 Feb 07

When you shop, do you look at the expiration date on the foods you buy? I always check the date because I don't want to waste my money or my time when I have to take bad food back to the store for a refund. I've noticed that...

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