My wife throws things out after the date has passed without checking to see
if the product is still good or not. But then again even after 22 years of
my cooking and not a single instance of poisoning, she maintains that a
date, stamped by an industry trying to get you to buy their wares quickly
so as to maximize profits, has profound significance. I have called her a
food paranoid. She gave away canned cat food because the date she saw on
the can was passed. Of course it was, it was the date it was canned.

Yogurt is an example of a fictitious expiry date. It can be eaten some
weeks after purchase if it looks good (no mould). The mould can be removed
from most hard cheeses without harm.

I will admit that meat and bakery goods spoil fairly quickly (and I am
careful with those) but there are hundreds of products with fake expiry
dates out there.

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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag
and carrying a cross.

Sinclair Lewis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnrYMafCzeE