If it is still good and hasn't become rancid, there's no reason why you shouldn't use it. Shortening normally doesn't 'expire' until it goes rancid. The date is usually a 'best by' up until which the manufacturer will guarantee their product.
Only if it had been previously stored in the freezer.
6 months
Cooking shortening is made to last a long time. It contains preservatives that allow this. Each container of shortening will have an expected life date on it. Look for the expiration date.
The expiration date is there for a reason. If it's a cheesecake which doesn't use preservatives, then the expiration date is probably pretty accurate.
no
maybe shortly after the expiration date
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Expiration dates are somewhat arbitrary. It depends on how the shortening has been stored whether or not it will hurt you. Shortening is a fat. It disintegrates over time. Some of the products can become indigestible. It can become rancid. Some of the products can be poisonous. Still, the expiration date assumes it was kept under normal conditions. If it has been kept under warmer conditions than normal, it may go bad faster than the expiration date. If it has been kept under cool conditions. It may go bad much slower than the expiration date.
December 1st(is the earliest expiration date) through 5th (is the last possible date of consumtion) 2004
You don't want to use any medication past the expiration date, as it will not work as effectively as it should. Your asthma may not be as well controlled if you use Asmanex past its expiration date, which is 45 days from when you open it.
To inform the consumer of the best date to use by.
Most coupons do have an expiration date. For the most part coupons do have an expiration date that you have to use the coupon by or you will be unable to use them.
When coupons have an expiration date, you can use them until that date. If it is past the day of expiration, just throw them away because you can't use them any more.