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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I think the law is to enforce "open dating" instead of having some secret coding that hides info from the consumer. What date they put on there is totally up to the manufacturer, so unless you can match dates and experience with the optimal time to eat something, it's only useful to make sure you got the latest product compared to the rest on the shelf at that time.

Climate Town had an excellent video on the subject. (since they're always excellent)