It’s about liability. Companies don’t want their salt returned to them after x years, especially not with some lame excuse. So they just define an expiration date y that’s far off enough to not drive customers away, but still minimizes the risk of complaints.
If a (big) customer successfully complains within this time span, they’ll simply decrease it.
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RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 days ago
Let me put it this way: They print expiration dates on SALT.
Now, it’s pretty convenient that stores here in Denmark sell products cheaper just before they “expire” because certain products actually get better with time like cheese.
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LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As someone who has gone through old stuff like that, imo it’s the packaging (a lot of which these days is coated in plastics that degrade over time) that the expiration date is for rather than the actual product. Eg the cardboard will break down or the cans will rust into the product.
piccolo@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Under the right conditions. Sitting on grocery shelves is not one of those right conditions.
RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 days ago
In rare cases white mold cheese will taste like blue mold cheese because of cross contamination, but that’s about the only defect I’ve experienced buying cheese close to their expiration dates. Oh, and camembert cheeses being a bit too runny and ammonia tasting, but as a sicko I kind of like that.
whostosay@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I used to work at a cheese and wine joint, and there are some foul abominations out there. You’re a stinky cheese fella aren’t you?
RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 days ago
Well, I am dairy man, so I’ve seen, smelled and tasted a lot of funky stuff.