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Why do foods have sell by dates?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Foods have sell-by dates mostly to ensure the quality of the product. Foods tend to be stable and of consistent quality for a specific amount of time - this varies by the actual food. Once food has been sitting on a shelf at the grocery for a certain period of time, quality issues (off color, stale taste, etc.) may start to occur. To maintain a reputation for selling good quality products, most food producers will take back their product once it is past the sell-by date rather than put a potentially inferior product out in the market.

For the majority of foods, the sell-by date is a quality metric, not a safety metric. If you have bought something and it is past its sell-by date, you may want to use it up first, but in most cases it will be safe to eat.

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