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Topic: expiration dates

View of inside of refrigerator with healthy food (Getty Images/Karen Moskowitz)

Unsafe foods sometimes smell just fine

Matthew Gilmour - The Conversation
Finger pointing at the expiry date on canned food (Getty Images/Wachiwit)

What exactly are food expiration dates?

Jill Roberts - The Conversation
Finger pointing at the expiry date on canned food (Getty Images/Wachiwit)

What exactly is a "best by" date?

Michael La Corte
Rush Limbaugh (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joanna Rothkopf