[IronJack]

I keep trying to tell my kids that canned goods are perfectly safe well beyond their sell-by date, but the princesses won’t touch them.

[JDoutrider]

In the late sixties over across the pond, they ran out of “C” rations for a spell and sent us Korean War era rations in their place... Just as bad as the “C” rations taste wise, but were quite safe even though they were a couple of decades past their “best by” date!

[kitkat]

***I keep trying to tell my kids that canned goods are perfectly safe well beyond their sell-by date, but the princesses won’t touch them.***

I wonder what the sell-by dates are for. Is it because the manufacturer slightly changes the contents and wants the product to match current ads?

[afraidfortherepublic]

To: djf I keep trying to tell my kids that canned goods are perfectly safe well beyond their sell-by date, but the princesses won’t touch them.

Isn't that the truth! My whole family came to visit for our 50th wedding anniversary celebration last year and the women conspired and threw away all my food! Stinkers!

[tiki]

My boys have no problem but my nieces do, I tell them that when we were growing up there were no expiration dates on anything.