Expiration Dates Don't Mean What You Think | Adam Ruins Everything

Expiration dates tell you when food tastes best, not when it isn't safe.

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[NageelaMom]

Pasturization doesn't mean much once the milk has been opened. Once it's been exposed to air, it can be colonized by any bacteria or fungal spores in the air

[meganobrien]

I'm convinced that every couple has one person who believes food never goes bad, and another who thinks anything that's been in the fridge for more than a day is bad.

[UnPhayzable]

I drank some milk that was 2 seconds past expiration date and I experienced organ and heart failure and died so...

[dababy]

Talked to an expert about this (a literal food and nutrition teacher, she went to university to do food and nutrition) and she literally told me " Milk that's chunky is bad for you, it doesn't matter if all the bacteria was removed before, the chunks mean that bacteria has gotten into the milk."

[DoctorFail]

in that guys defense, if my yogurt was talking to me id throw it away too.

[yvonnew]

Expiration dates in the food industry simply give an estimate of when the *optimum level of freshness has been surpassed.* In pharmaceuticals, it is quite different. *Warning: Do not ignore the expiry dates on condoms or medicines or chemicals.*
Take bread, for example. Depending on how you store bread, it can last way longer or way shorter than the expiry day. But how do you tell it's spoilt? If it's moldy. Check your bread for signs of mold, that's how you know it's starting to spoil. With milk, you can know it's 'spoilt' by it's smell and taste. But you don't have to throw it away, you can use it to make fermented milk, hence why I put 'spoilt' in quotes because it's still usable. All you need to know here is *food preservation methods and how to tell when food goes bad, * and you're good to go.

[Snurgel]

anyone else slowly getting more triggered the longer they keep that fridge door open..

[LoellisOo]

For my bachelor's degree, we created an app which could scan a different type of barcode which contained the expiration date. The concept was to create a smart grocery app which would give you discounts depending on how close to the expiration date the product was. A study had shown that more people would buy products close to expiration if given a discount, leading to less food being thrown away by the store.

[SweetyMelody]

Pro-tip, if the eggs or milk aren't spoiled but don't taste good use them with other things
Use milk for cakes(it "boils" in the process too if you are paranoid) or use the eggs to make a quiche
Wasting food is bad, be smart like most moms

[liberalaco]

9 states don't
Shows SD
Me: HEY MOM WE'RE ON TV AGAIN!

[e.pluribusunum]

The school where my grandma worked used to throw out the milk (remember those tiny little milk containers?) the day of the expiration date. God knows how much milk was wasted. My grandma got mad and started taking home what she could and freezing it. And that's the story of how my parents always had milk for us kids even though they didn't have much money, lol.

[frnnzy_]

In Canada we have “BEST BEFORE”
Damn ok I said this because she said “best by” not “best before

[datgnome]

It's called... "The smell test"

[Ziorac]

That milk thing doesn't seem right. Yes, it was pasteurised, which killed most of the bacteria that were in it at the time, but once you've opened it and exposed it to air, it's been contaminated again, right?

[torysaccount]

Here in the EU, everything has to have a best before date (literally translated: minimum durability date). However, it doesn't tell you when you can't eat it anymore, it just tells you when the food doesn't have to fulfill the artributes advertised anymore (e. g. Color, taste, shape, etc.). This is partly to tell the people how long they can expect the food to be as expected, but mostly it is an insurance for the companies so that they can't be sued if the food is eatable, but not as advertised
(Sorry for bad english)

[kikiretzorg]

That "I'm going bad" gag is my favourite thing out of this whole show.

[randomalienok]

The one about milk is defintaly true because at school they gave me milk that expire two years ago it almost made me barf because it tased bad but it didnt make me sick so ya unexpected results

[kckc]

As corny as it intentionally was, I legit laughed out loud when the chicken went "bad." I'm so lame. Ha

[romxxii]

I doubt that drinking spoiled milk straight out of the box is safe. The backwash from your spit alone should reintroduce all sorts of organisms into the milk, pasteurized or not.

[usoppfangirl]

You can usually tell whether something is off by its smell or texture. Deli meats, for instance, are usually bad if their texture is slimy and sticky.